LiNbO3晶体中光伏亮孤子实验研究

从理论上分析了具有不同Glass常数的背景光在晶体折射率空间分布相对变化中的作用,得到了折射率改变为负的晶体中形成亮、暗光伏孤子的条件. 以此为基础,用532nm的e光作信号光、488nm的o光作背景光并不断变化背景光和信号光的功率,首次在实验上观察到了LiNbO₃∶Fe晶体中亮光伏孤子的形成. 关键词：亮光伏孤子自散焦自聚焦光生伏打效应     

亮暗屏蔽光伏孤子在LiNbO3晶体中的大自偏转

用数值方法证实了亮、暗屏蔽光伏孤子在有外加电场的LiNbO3晶体中都可以发生大自偏转,并验证了这种自偏转现象不但与晶体中受主浓度NA有关而且还与外加电场E0有关.在E0相同的条件下,NA越小这种自偏转现象越明显,在NA相同的条件下,风越大自偏转现象越明显.还发现亮、暗屏蔽光伏孤子的自偏转现象不同:亮屏蔽光伏孤子整体都发生明显偏转,暗屏蔽光伏孤子的偏转只是发生在一侧,其极值位置和另一侧几乎不发生偏转.     

折射率改变为正的光折变晶体中形成一维光伏暗孤子

提出了一个考虑背景光光伏效应贡献的光伏孤子理论,它指出在折射率变化为正的晶体中,既可产生光伏亮孤子,也可产生光伏暗孤子.当背景光对信号光的有效Glass系数之比为R小于1时,孤子是亮的;R大于1时,孤子是暗的.对亮孤子而言,R值越大,孤子越宽,而对暗孤子,R值越大,孤子越窄.当R为1时,不能形成光伏孤子.一维暗孤子实验结果与理论一致.关键词：光折变空间孤子光伏孤子暗孤子正折射率改变     

自散焦向自聚焦转换中背景光作用的理论分析

理论分析了背景光辐照在光折变晶体中从自散焦向自聚焦特性转化过程中的作用,得到了R>1是不同类型（Δn<0和Δn>0）晶体中这种转变的条件.实验观察到了铌酸锂晶体中这种转变的现象.并依据Glass常量的光伏打效应表征意义,提出了光伏孤子形成过程中载流子的竞争效应模型.基于此,分析了折射率变化为负的光生伏打晶体在背景光和信号光Glass常量比大于1条件下的载流子竞争效应,得到了与实验现象和已知理论分析相一致的结论.研究表明,背景光引起的载流子竞争效应是影响晶体自散焦向自聚焦特性转换的内在物理本质.     

在LiNbO3:Fe晶体中暗辐照对光束从自散焦向自聚焦转换过程的影响

基于二维带输运模型,研究了LiNbO3:Fe晶体中光束从自散焦向自聚焦动态转换过程.结果表明暗辐照在动态转换过程中起着非常重要的作用,当暗辐照较小时动态转换过程才发生.在暗辐照较小的情况还分析了热释电效应对动态转换过程的影响.关键词：光生伏打效应暗辐照自散焦自聚焦LiNbO3:Fe     

Temporal development of open-circuit bright photovoltaic solitons

This paper investigates the temporal behaviour of open-circuit bright photovoltaic spatial solitons by using numerical techniques. It shows that when the intensity ratio of the soliton, the ratio between the soliton peak intensity and the dark irradiance, is small, the quasi-steady-state soliton width decreases monotonically with the increase of τ-, where τ- is the parameter correlated with the time, that when the intensity ratio of the soliton is big, the quasi-steady-state soliton width decreases with the increase of τ- and then increases with τ, and that the formation time of the steady-state solitons is not correlated with the intensity ratio of the soliton. It finds that the local nonlinear effect increases with the photovoltaic field, which behaves as that the width of soliton beams is small and the self-focusing quasi-period is short. On the other hand, we also discuss that both the time and the temperature have an effect on the beam bending.     

Dynamics of bright discrete staggered solitons in photovoltaic photorefractive media

Theoretical results on spatial optical bright solitons excited in arrays of nonlinear defocusing waveguides, that result from the photovoltaic effect in a photorefractive material, are presented. The existence of four types of stationary discrete bright staggered solitons, on-site, inter-site, twisted inter-site, and twisted on-site solitons, is shown both analytically and numerically, and their stability properties are investigated. The maximum Hamiltonian of staggered solitons with the same total power corresponds to stable modes. It is shown that for low total power the on-site mode is stable while in the high power regime the inter-site mode is stable. These results are confirmed numerically. In addition, steering properties of localized modes are investigated by introducing a transversal translational shift. Because of the translational symmetry between on-site and inter-site localized modes they are considered as two dynamical realizations of the same moving mode, and the formalism of the Peierls-Nabarro effective potential is applied to interpret the exchange between trapping and steering of these modes. This critically depends on the mode’s total power and the introduced phase difference. On the other hand, steering of twisted inter-site and on-site localized modes is not numerically observed. Instead, transversal perturbation leads to a transformation of twisted modes either into a trapped on-site mode of smaller power and radiation, or into two trapped on-site modes.     

One-dimensional steady-state bright photovoltaic solitons in LiNbO3:Fe crystal with background illumination

We investigate theoretically and experimentally one-dimensional bright photovoltaic solitons in LiNbO₃:Fe crystal by use of the background illumination. We find that, in LiNbO₃:Fe crystal, bright photovoltaic solitons can be obtained with background illumination for κ>1, where κ is the ratio of the background illumination photovoltaic constant to the soliton optical beam's photovoltaic constant. For κ<1, dark photovoltaic solitons are generated. On the other hand, our experiments show good agreement with theoretical prediction for the soliton existence curve in a special intensity ratio.     

Observation of bright spatial photorefractive solitons in a planar strontium barium niobate waveguide

We have obtained stationary bright spatial solitons in a planar photorefractive strontium barium niobate waveguide for visible light ranging from 514.5 to 780 nm. Even for larger wavelengths (lambda=1047 nm) strong self-focusing of the beam was observed; however, input power had to be some orders of magnitude higher than for visible light for self-focusing to occur. Furthermore, we found transient self-trapping of red light (lambda=632.8 nm) that corresponds to the formation of bright quasi-steady-state solitons.     

Modulation instability of bright photovoltaic solitons on a partially incoherent background

We present the observation of incoherent anti-dark photovoltaic solitons in LiNbO₃:Fe crystal. This new class of soliton states involves bright photovoltaic solitons on a background beam meeting ?? > 1, where ?? is the ratio of background illumination photovoltaic constant to that of soliton beam. For ?? < 1, dark photovoltaic solitons are generated. Furthermore, this novel type solitons are investigated experimentally by injecting coherent light and partially coherent background of infinite extent. In case of spatial coherence of the background lower than the threshold of incoherent modulation instability, these results indicate that bright photovoltaic solitons can propagate in a stable fashion.     

温度对双光子亮光伏空间孤子演化特性的影响

基于扩散效应及暗辐射强度对温度的依赖关系,研究了温度对双光子光伏光折变介质中亮光伏空间孤子动态演化及自偏转特性的影响。将亮孤子作为入射孤子波,采用数值方法求解孤波演化方程,结果表明:在给定温度下,双光子光折变介质中可以形成稳定的亮光伏空间孤子,当介质的温度变化不大时,孤子将克服较小的扰动而保持稳定的孤子传播,当温度变化足够大时,孤子将变得不稳定甚至崩溃;在一定温度范围内,孤子中心的自偏转距离随着温度的升高而增加,在特定温度下达到最大值,之后随着温度的升高而减小。     

Dark and bright photovoltaic spatial solitons in photorefractive crystals with positive refractive-index perturbation

We have demonstrated, for what is believed to be the first time, that in a photorefractive crystal with positive refractive-index perturbation a two-dimensional dark or bright photovoltaic spatial soliton can be formed in the same crystal by a signal beam and a background beam of different wavelengths. We discuss the conditions on the effective Glass constants and the absorption coefficients of the background and signal beams in determining the formation of the spatial soliton.     

Observation of the bright photovoltaic spatial soliton in fiber-like photorefractive crystal

We have observed two-dimensional bright photorefractive spatial soliton for the first time in a Ce:KNSBN fiber-like crystal at wave-length of 514.5 nm with the intensity range between 2.83 × 10³ W/cm² and 4.71 × 10³ W/cm², then compared it with the one formed in a bulk sample. By comparison we have found that the intensity of forming a soliton in a fiber-like crystal is 7 9 times that in a bulk crystal due to stronger scattering light and complicated multi-wave interaction. By comparison we have also found that the transverse dimensions of a soliton formed in a fiber-like crystal are about 4% smaller than the ones in a bulk crystal when the experimental geometry remains the same, then we have exploited the theory including the contribution of scattering field to interpret the experimental phenomenon.     

Higher-order space-charge field effects on the self-deflection of two-photon bright photovoltaic spatial solitons

We investigate numerically the effects of higher-order space-charge field on the self-deflection of bright photovoltaic spatial solitons in two-photon photovoltaic photorefractive crystals under steady-state conditions. The expression for an induced space-charge electric field, including higher-order space-charge field terms is obtained. The dynamical evolution equation is built in which the effects that arise from these higher-order terms are considered. Numerical results indicate that bright photovoltaic solitons can bend towards both the same direction as the crystal's c-axis and the opposite direction, respectively. Specifically, self-deflection cannot occur for bright photovoltaic solitons if the strength of the photovoltaic field and the intensity of the input beam are appropriately selected. Relevant examples are provided.