C60溶液中的暗空间光孤子及其诱导的柔性光波导

利用Ａｒ^＋激光在C₆₀甲苯溶液中产生的自散焦效应观察到暗空间光孤子以及由它诱导出的柔性光波导现象．通过对非线性薛定谔方程的数值计算，模拟了暗空间孤子的形成过程，获得与实验相符的结果 关键词：     

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     

光生伏打LiNbO3:Fe晶体从自散焦到等效“自聚焦”的动态转换

实验研究了在一定条件下LiNbO₃:Fe晶体中从自散焦到等效“自聚焦”转换的动态行为,提出了出现自聚焦的物理机理为双相位共轭的法布里珀罗干涉腔中的多光束干涉与光折变效应的共同结果.该效应有希望在光折变自散焦介质中形成亮空间孤子 关键词： 自散焦 自聚焦 光折变     

向列相液晶中强非局域空间光孤子的实验观察

通过实验对向列相液晶中的非局域空间光孤子的传输进行了研究。理论上基于非线性的液晶孤子传输方程,采用高斯形式的试探解,得到了孤子传输的解析解,以及对液晶中的非局域孤子和Snyder等提出的强非局域孤子模型的结果进行了比较。实验上,观察了空间光孤子在向列相液晶中的传输,找到了不同束宽下空间光孤子的临界功率。比如束宽为2μm时临界功率为2.0mW。观察了向列相液晶中空间光孤子的弛豫过程,并注意到液晶分子的响应时间长达几秒钟,液晶中的孤子形成速度较慢。     

从自散焦到自聚焦的动态转换和相位共轭亮空间孤子

对文献[1]中所报道的LiNbO3:Fe晶体从自散焦到自聚焦动态转换的过程,在实验和理论上作了进一步研究.以实验结果为依据,提出了相位共轭共振腔的理论模型,分析了该共振腔在从自散焦到自聚焦的动态转换过程中所起的作用,并提出了一种新型的亮空间孤子,即相位共轭亮空间孤子,指出相位共轭亮空间孤子是相位共轭共振腔中的一个模 关键词： 相位共轭共振腔 亮空间孤子 自散焦 自聚焦     

平板波导中正交极化的双光束的“互陷”传输

利用变分法和数值模拟的方法研究了克尔型自聚焦介质平板波导中正交极化、中心重合的双光束的传输规律，得到了两光束做类孤子的“互陷”传输的条件，分析了在平板波导的线性双折射为零以及不能忽略的两种情况下“互陷”传输的特点.结果发现“互陷”传输的光束与严格意义的矢量空间孤子之间存在本质的不同. 关键词： 空间光孤子 矢量空间孤子 互陷传输 临界功率     

完全非相干白光一维光生伏打暗空间孤子

使用白炽灯作光源在LiNbO₃∶Fe晶体内实验观察到一维白光光生伏打暗空间孤 子. 由奇数 和偶数初始条件分别产生了灰孤子和灰孤子对，它们所感应的波导能导向白光和相干光. 用 相干光清楚地探测到它们内部的多模结构. 该实验证明了白光光生伏打暗空间孤子的存在， 并指出了用完全非相干的白光暗孤子控制和导向相干光的可能性. 关键词： 光生伏打效应 自陷 完全非相干孤子 波导     

向列相液晶中强非局域空间光孤子传输的理论研究

对向列相液晶中非局域空间孤子的传输进行了理论研究.基于非线性液晶孤子传输方程，采用Gauss形式的试探解，不仅得到了空间孤子的解析解,而且还在临界功率附近得到了呼吸子的解析解.通过数值模拟证明我们的结果比Conti和Assanto等人的结果更合理.同时，对液晶中的非局域孤子模型和Snyder等提出的强非局域孤子模型进行了全面的比较. 关键词： 向列相液晶 空间孤子 非局域非线性 呼吸子     

全光双准稳态空间孤子

观察到一种双准稳态光折变空间孤子.这种孤子是(1+1)维的.它的形成不需要外加电场,是全光的.孤子的形成过程具有全光开关效应 关键词： 光折变空间孤子 双准稳态 全光开关     

非局域程度对向列相液晶中空间光孤子的影响

理论分析了非局域程度对向列相液晶中(1+2)维空间光孤子的影响.得到了非线性系数以及特征长度和预倾角的关系,并且给出了强非局域性的非线性薛定谔方程,最终得到了单孤子和临界功率的解析解.实验上,通过改变偏压从而间接测量了向列相液晶中的临界功率,并与数值模拟结果相结合与理论结果进行了比较,发现基本相符. 关键词： 空间光孤子 非线性系数 非局域程度 临界功率     

Spatial soliton pixels from partially incoherent light

We report what is to our knowledge the first observation of pixellike spatial solitons from partially spatially incoherent light. We created an array of as many as 32x32 soliton pixels by launching a spatially modulated incoherent light beam into a noninstantaneous self-focusing photorefraction medium. These solitons were stable and robust, forming a steady-state two-dimensional waveguide array in which optical coupling and control of local waveguide channels could be realized.     

Topological solitons in active optical cavities: Fundamental properties and possible applications

Fundamental properties of topological spatial solitons existing in active cavities with high (above 100) Fresnel numbers, laser and/or parametric amplification, and saturated absorber were numerically and experimentally studied. Writing and erasing of bi- and tristable laser solitons (fundamental solitons [1, 2] and vortex solitons [3]) using an external control light pulse were considered in various regions of the laser cross section. The existence of optical domain walls (separated phase domains which are in antiphase) in the form of expanding spiral waves and the localized domain soliton rotating about the Neel defect (in this connection, we called it the “Neel soliton”) in active cavities with mixed laser and parametric amplification was shown in a numerical experiment for the first time. We proposed potential possibilities of using topological solitons in optical data processing, storage, and transmission.     

Incoherent dark spatial solitons and guiding white light in photosensitive polymeric materials

The planar dark spatial soliton supported by the photo-induced isomerization and reorientation of azo-dye Disperse Red 13 was generated in bulk Disperse Red 13 doped poly (methyl methacrylate) using incoherent red light from a continuous-wave He–Ne laser. The guiding of white light by such incoherent dark solitons was investigated for the first time.     

The linear and nonlinear optical effects of white light

An overview of our research group’s experimental and theoretical developments is provided on the linear and nonlinear optical effects of white light since 2003. Their work includes the experimental researches on the white light one-dimensional photovoltaic dark spatial solitons and the waveguides and directional couplers induced by them, the circular and elliptic white-light dark spatial solitons and the white-light photorefractive phase masks, two-dimensional white-light photonic lattices and the applicati...     

Formation of nonclassical states of vortex solitons in optical fibers with quantum dots

The problem of control for the quantum statistics of dissipative vortex optical solitons when using the Raman scheme of spin-flip transitions in an optical fiber doped with narrow-bandgap semiconductor quantum dots is considered. The possibility of forming individual bounded nonclassical quadrature squeezed light regions appearing within the spatial profile of a formed vortex soliton is demonstrated.     

Spatial weak-light solitons in an electromagnetically induced nonlinear waveguide

We show that a weak probe light beam can form spatial solitons in an electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) medium composed of four-level atoms and a coupling light field. We find that the coupling light beam can induce a highly controllable nonlinear waveguide and exert very strong effects on the dynamical behavior of the solitons. Hence, in the EIT medium, it is not only possible to produce spatial solitons at very low light intensities but also simultaneously control these solitons by using the coupling-light-induced nonlinear waveguide.     

Cavity solitons in two-level lasers with dense amplifying medium

Local-field effects are known to induce bistability in dense optical media. We examine theoretically whether this property is preserved in broad-area cavities, and show that bistability between the homogeneous lasing and nonlasing states of the system persists provided a Fourier filtering technique is used to prevent off-axis emission. The resulting bistability gives rise to spatial light localization in the form of cavity solitons, which exhibit a particularly large degree of plasticity as a function of the characteristics of the addressing beam. This is the simplest laser able to sustain cavity solitons.     

Incoherent weak coupling of laser solitons

A coupled state of a pair of spatial laser solitons with different topological charges in a wide-aperture class-A laser with saturable absorption was found by numerical simulation. In view of a difference in the frequencies of the individual solitons, periodic (with a period corresponding to the frequency difference) weak pulsations of the shape of the solitons and of the spacing between them take place, but the rotation of the pair and the motion of its center of inertia were not revealed.     

奇妙的空间光孤子

空间光孤子是当今非线性光学前沿的热点之一,在介绍稳态光孤子的形成机理之后,文章重点评述了空间光孤子奇特的相互作用行为以及它们在光控制光诸方面的应用前景。此外,文章还介绍了非相干光空间光孤子方面的最新动态。     

Formation of solitons and realization of the superluminality effect upon femtosecond pulse propagation in a medium containing gold nanoparticles

Based on computer simulation, we demonstrate the possibility of formation of solitons upon propagation of a femtosecond laser pulse in a medium containing gold nanoparticles in the presence of two-photon light absorption. The solitons are formed when the laser pulse induces a positive phase grating. The speed of solitons substantially exceeds the speed of laser radiation propagating in a linear medium.