高灵敏度表面光学非线性测量法

提出了一种测量非透明材料表面光学非线性的新方法：挡板反射4F测量法。该方法在反射4F相位相干成像系统的基础上,在4F系统的像平面放置一个与系统入射面光阑相匹配的不透明挡板,通过测量不同情况下的反射率,实现对材料光学非线性的测量。详细介绍了该方法的基本原理,并通过数值模拟计算了入射角对测量灵敏度的影响。该方法具有单脉冲测量,可同时得到材料的非线性吸收与折射系数等特点。结果表明,在相同条件下挡板反射4F测量法的灵敏度比反射Z扫描方法高2个数量级。     

非线性光学超构表面

在线性光学范畴内,人们已经通过亚波长尺度的超薄超构表面成功实现了对光的众多新颖特性的调控功能.其主要理念是通过对具有亚波长尺度且空间方向变化的超构功能基元进行特定的排列,从而实现对光的偏振、相位和振幅的有效控制.近来,超构表面上的非线性光学特性也引起了大家的广泛关注.在本综述中,我们对非线性光学超构表面的设计、超构功能单元的材料和对称性选择、非线性手性光学、非线性贝里几何相位和非线性波前整形等内容进行了总结;最后对非线性光学超构表面在调控光与物质的相互作用中面临的挑战和前景进行了展望.     

不同激光脉冲宽度下甲苯的光学非线性特性的研究

在不同激光脉冲激发下,用Z 扫描法测量了甲苯的三阶光学非线性,发现其非线性折射率随着脉冲宽度增加而增大（从150 fs时的3.7×10－16 cm2/W到4 ns时的2.6×10－14 cm2/W）.在波长532 nm、光强4.73×1014 W/m2 和21 ps的脉冲作用下,甲苯溶液呈现反饱和吸收现象.结果表明,该吸收效应主要来自于导致该分子中苯环结构π－π电子跃迁的双光子吸收的贡献.     

非线性光学超构表面

非线性光学超构表面是一类由空间变化的超构功能基元组成的超薄非线性光学器件。通过合理选择超构功能基元的材料组成、空间对称性,人们可以在亚波长尺度上对超构表面上产生的非线性光波的偏振、相位、振幅等自由度进行多维度光场调控。文章介绍了在非线性光学超构表面上实现谐波、四波混频、太赫兹波辐射的设计与原理,并讨论了如何在非线性光学超构表面上实现非线性光的波束调控、全息成像、光学图像加密等功能。     

“绿色”液体激光介质的非线性光学特性研究

利用氧化钕和盐酸为原料制得Nd(phen)2Cl3(三氯二邻菲罗啉合钕),测得其光谱特性并以稀土氧化钕、苯甲酸和邻菲罗啉为原料制得绿色液体激光介质钕离子的配合物——NdB3 phen(三苯甲酸-邻菲罗啉合钕).利用飞秒激光器,采用单光束Z-扫描法研究了NdB3 phen的三阶非线性光学特性.结果表明:当入射飞秒激光脉冲...     

光学黑表面的选择

本文系统地讨论了描述光学黑表面散射特性的基本概念—双向反射分布函数及其随环境温度和波长等变化的规律.在此基础上,提出了选择光学黑表面的一些原则,并对目前常用的一些光学黑表面,特别是空间望远镜的挡光板及 Vane 表面用光学黑表面,进行了分析.     

被动光学限幅器的机制与研究进展

被动光学限幅器是利用介质的非线性光学性质实现对光的强度进行控制的器件，它在科研，军事和民用方面都具有广泛的应用，文章讨论了被动光学限幅器的反饱和吸收，双光子吸收，自由载流子吸收，非线性折射，光致散射和光折变机制，每种机制在光限幅器应用中的有效性及局限性，介绍了国内外研究状况及自己的工作；指出了今后被动光学限幅器研究的发展方向。     

非线性光学超构表面：基础与应用

光学超构表面是一种由亚波长尺度的超构单元在面内排布而构成的准二维人工结构材料。研究人员可以通过选择超构单元的材料组成、几何形状对光的振幅、偏振、相位和频率等光场自由度进行灵活调控。聚焦于超构表面在非线性光场调控领域的原理与应用。首先,概述了非线性晶体到非线性超构表面的发展历程。然后,讨论了对称性和几何相位在非线性光学超构表面中的重要作用。最后,介绍了非线性光学超构表面在波前调控、量子信息处理和太赫兹波的产生与调控等领域中的应用。     

表面增强非线性光谱学

一个新的研究领域,表面非线性光谱学正在迅速发展。它起源于新发现的表面增强拉曼散射(SERS)与非线性光学现象的交叉,包括表面增强的二次谐波产生(SESHG),表面增强的双光子荧光,表面增强的超拉曼散射,四波混频及相干反斯托克斯拉曼散射等等。本文概述了这一发展中领域的实验结果、理论状况及可能的应用,对其特点(如高灵敏度、高分辨率等)及发展前景做了粗浅的分析和讨论。     

基于衍射理论的大非线性相移Z扫描研究

以衍射理论为基础,建立了强非线性吸收下,非线性介质对高斯光束的衍射模型.数值计算表明,折射相移的增大使峰的透过率增强而谷的透过率趋于饱和;而吸收相移的增大使峰的透过率被抑制而谷的透过率增强.相移比值是决定谷-峰结构存在与否的关键.在一定的输入功率下,远场输出功率并不是完全随着非线性吸收系数的增大而增大.该理论的近似条件只要求是薄样品,具有更好的适用性.     

Single-beam Z-scan measurement of the third-order optical nonlinearities of triarylmethane dyes

Solid-state dye-doped polymers are an attractive alternative to the conventional liquid-dye solutions. The search for new materials which have potential application in optoelectronic devices has lead us to probe the organic dyes. The solid state being a better medium when compared to a liquid medium has lead to the incorporation of dyes in the polymer matrix. The study of nonlinear characteristics of dyes in polymeric media is essential for developing such potential application devices. In this paper, the third-order nonlinear optical properties of three dyes from the Triarylmethane family were measured in 1-Butanol and in dye-doped polymer films by the Z-scan technique using a cw diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser at 532 nm. The Z-scan technique has also been used to present the observation of a nonlinear refractive index resulting from the photochromism of one of the dyes. These materials exhibit a large negative optical nonlinearity resulting due to the thermal effect. The relative contributions from the nonlinear absorption (NLA) and nonlinear refraction (NLR) are dependent on the chemical structure and linear absorption of the dyes. The dyes exhibited a nonlinear refractive coefficient n ₂, a nonlinear absorption coefficient β, and susceptibility x⁽³⁾ on the order of 10^?8 cm²/W, 10^?4 cm/W, and 10^?6 esu, respectively, in both liquid and solid media. The results show that these dyes have potential applications in nonlinear optics.     

Single beam Z-scan measurement of the third order optical nonlinearities of styryl7 dye

The optical nonlinearity of styryl7 dye in ethanol solution at different concentrations has been studied using pulsed Nd:YAG laser at 532 nm as the source of excitation. The optical responses were characterized by measuring the intensity dependent refractive index (n₂) of the medium using the Z-scan technique. The open aperture Z-scan trace of the dye in solution displayed saturable absorption. The closed aperture Z-scan trace of the dye exhibited a negative nonlinearity. The styryl7 dye at 1 mM concentration exhibited nonlinear refractive co-efficient n₂ = −1.24 × 10⁻⁸ cm²/W, nonlinear absorption coefficient β = − 3.9 × 10⁻⁴ cm/W and real and imaginary parts of third-order nonlinear optical susceptibility χ³ = 3.26 × 10⁻⁶ esu in ethanol. These results showed that the dye has potential application in nonlinear optics.     

Fibre nonlinearities in optical communications

The article reviews the effects — both detrimental and potentially beneficial — of optical nonlinearity in fibres for telecommunications.     

Curvature measurement of optical surface using digital holography

In this paper, an optical surface curvature measurement technique based on digital holography is proposed. Unlike the previous digital holographic methods, which only involve a small part of the measured data for parameter estimation, the proposed method adopts more of them using least square method. Hence, the analyzed result is not affected by data extraction direction and less sensitive to imperfect phase compensation. The proposed method is demonstrated with a sample of reflection mirror in laser resonator, and verified by comparing the measurement result with that of the white light interferometer.     

Ultrafast third-order optical nonlinearities in DMSO

The third-order optical nonlinearities of dimethyl sulfoxide(DMSO) are investigated using the optical Kerr effect(OKE) and Z-scan techniques with femtosecond pulses.We are able to fit the OKE signal theoretically by convolving the autocorrelation of the incident pulse intensity profile with the impulse responses of the samples,illustrating the instantaneous nonlinear response of DMSO.We verify that the purely electronic cloud distortion causes the observed signal for DMSO.The Z-scan technique is used to estimate the third-order susceptibility of DMSO,which is about a quarter of that for CS2 and mainly comes from the nonlinear refraction with an intensity of less than 140 GW/cm2.     

Plasma induced optical nonlinearities and optical bistability in CdS

The transition from a low density gas of excitons to an electron-hole plasma is connected with strong variations of the optical properties. In this contribution we investigate both the optical nonlinearities produced in CdS by an intense laser beam in the spectral region close to the absorption edge and at the position of the laser itself. In a second part it is shown that the nonlinearities at the photon energy of the incident laser may lead to absorptive and dispersive optical bistability.     

Femtosecond Z-scan measurement of third-order optical nonlinearities in anatase TiO2 thin films

Anatase phase TiO₂ films have been grown on fused silica substrate by pulsed laser deposition technique at substrate temperature of 750 °C under the oxygen pressure of 5 Pa. From the transmission spectra, the optical band gap and linear refractive index of the TiO₂ films were determined. The third-order optical nonlinearities of the films were measured by Z-scan method using a femtosecond laser (50 fs) at the wavelength of 800 nm. The real and imaginary parts of third-order nonlinear susceptibility χ⁽³⁾ were determined to be −7.1 × 10⁻¹¹esu and −4.42 × 10⁻¹²esu, respectively. The figure of merit, T, defined by T=βλ/n₂, was calculated to be 0.8, which meets the requirement of all-optical switching devices. The results show that the anatase TiO₂ films have great potential applications for nonlinear optical devices.     

Enhanced optical nonlinearities of superlattices within the Kronig-Penney model incorporating inherent bulk nonlinearities

Third order nonlinear optical susceptibilities χ⁽³⁾ of GaAs/Ga_1?xAlAs superlattices have been predicted which are two orders of magnitude larger than those of bulk GaAs. This enhancement is due to the band nonparabolicity arising from the additional periodicity of the superlattice. These predictions, based on a tight-binding model of the superlattice dispersion, are here extended to the more realistic Kronig-Penney (KP) model. Corrections to tight-binding are non-negligible; however, enhancements of χ⁽³⁾ are still large but reduced approximately 30%–50% over previous estimates. The KP model is also here applied to superlattices employing InSb as the quantum well material. Because of the smaller effective mass of InSb, and taking account of its bulk nonparabolicity, the minibands move to higher energy, enhancing the interwell overlap and increasing χ⁽³⁾ by about one order of magnitude over that of bulk InSb. The role of the barrier material in this case is important and is discussed. The interplay between the bulk nonparabolicity and that arising from the superlattice is also addressed.