Propagation of ultrashort pulsed beams in dispersive media

Starting from the Rayleigh diffraction integral, the propagation equation of ultrashort pulsed beams in dispersive media is derived without making the paraxial approximation and slowly varying envelope approximation (SVEA). The spatiotemporal properties of ultrashort pulsed beams in dispersive media, such as spectrum redshifting, narrowing and pulse distortion are illustrated with pulsed Gaussian beams. It is stressed that the “antibeam“ behaviour of ultrashort pulsed beams can be avoided, if a suitable truncation function is chosen.     

Temporal and spectral properties of ultrashort pulsed Laguerre-Gaussian beams in dispersive media

The temporal and spectral properties of ultrashort pulsed Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) beams propagating in dispersive media are studied both theoretically and numerically. It is shown that the on-axis pulse broadens with increasing propagation distance and the on-axis spectrum is blueshifted. For the off-axis spectrum the blueshifts decrease and then the spectrum becomes redshifted as the radial distance increases. The propagation of ultrashort pulsed LG beams in free space and of ultrashort pulsed Gaussian beams can be regarded as special cases of our results, and some interesting properties are discussed.     

Spectral anomalies of diffracted pulsed cosh-Gaussian beams in dispersive media

Starting from the Rayleigh–Sommerfeld diffraction integral, the closed-form expressions for the near- and far-field power spectra of diffracted pulsed cosh-Gaussian (ChG) beams propagating in dispersive media are derived, and the anomalous behavior of the far-field spectrum of diffracted pulsed ChG beams in dispersive media is studied. It is shown that near the phase singularities, the spectral switch may take place. The truncation parameter, decentered parameter and pulse duration of pulsed ChG beams and the dispersive property of the medium affect the behavior of the spectral switch of pulsed ChG beams.     

Spectral anomalies of pulsed Hermite-Gaussian beams in Young’s interference experiment in dispersive media

Starting from the Huygens-Fresnel diffraction integral, the recurrence expression for the power spectra of pulsed Hermite-Gaussian beams in Young’s interference experiment in dispersive media are derived and used to study the spectral anomalies of pulsed Hermite-Gaussian beams in the far field. The results of numerical calculation are given to illustrate the dependence of spectral anomalous behavior on the pulse parameter, slit parameter, diffraction angle and dispersive property of medium. The potential application of spectral anomalies of pulsed Hermite-Gaussian beams in information encoding and information transmission in dispersive media is considered.     

The control of pulse profiles with tunable temporal coherence

A new class of partially coherent pulse sources with Multi-Gaussian Schell-model (MGSM) correlations is proposed. The expression for the intensity distribution for the MGSM pulses generated by such sources on propagation through the dispersive media is derived. It is demonstrated that the pulse intensity profile, in particular, the width of the flat center of pulse intensity profile and the peak intensity, can be controlled by adjusting the source temporal coherence. The obtained results have potential applications in pulse shaping for communication and media sensing or pulsed laser material processing.     

一种处理色散介质问题的通用时域有限差分方法

色散介质的介电系数是频率的函数,使本构关系在时域成为卷积关系.这就给用时域有限差分方法计算色散介质中波的散射和传播带来了困难.现有算法往往要针对不同色散介质模型推导相应的递推公式,算法的通用性较差.本文完善和发展了移位算子-时域有限差分方法,使之成为一种处理色散介质电磁问题的通用方法.首先,证明了常见的三种色散介质模型(德拜模型、洛伦兹模型和德鲁模型)的介电系数均可以写成适于移位算子法计算的有理分式函数形式.然后,用/t代替jω,过渡到时域,再引入时域移位算子z_t代替时间微分算子来处理有理分式函数形式的介电系数,给出离散时域本构关系的表示式,进而导出时域有限差分方法当中电位移矢量和电场强度之间的关系.最后,计算了几种色散介质的电磁散射,数值结果表明了本文方法和程序的通用性和正确有效性. 关键词： 时域有限差分方法 色散介质 移位算子     

Diffraction-free and dispersion-free pulsed beam propagation in dispersive media

The diffraction of pulsed beams of light is formulated as an anomalously dispersive phenomenon. In a dispersive material, the effects of material group-velocity dispersion and diffraction on pulsed beam propagation can mutually cancel if the transverse profile of the pulse is suitably chosen.     

Spectral anomalies of diffracted pulsed Bessel beams in dispersive media

Starting from the Huygens–Fresnel diffraction integral, the analytical expression for the power spectrum of diffracted pulsed Bessel beams in a dispersive media is derived and used to study the spectral anomalies of pulsed Bessel beams in the far field. Numerical results are given to illustrate the dependence of the anomalous spectral behavior on the pulse parameters, aperture parameter and dispersive properties of the medium. It is shown that, near phase singularities, anomalous spectral behavior may take place. The potential applications of spectral anomalies of ultrashort pulsed beams in information encoding and information transmission are considered.     

利用空间诱导色散补偿介质色散

研究了超短脉冲贝塞尔光束在色散介质中的传输特性 ,指出空间诱导色散效应可以用来补偿介质色散作用 ,从而可以在色散介质中实现无衍射无色散的类时空孤子波的传输。用理论推导和数值模拟的方法得到的具有反常色散性质的空间诱导色散可以有效地补偿介质色散。数值模拟的结果表明 ,由于超短脉冲贝塞尔光束的无衍射无色散传输距离受到高阶色散效应和贝塞尔光束空间受限两方面的限制 ,无衍射无色散传输只能在有限距离内近似实现。通过增加脉冲长度可以减小高阶色散效应的影响。在传输距离小于衍射距离时 ,空间诱导色散效应可以很好地描述脉冲演化和色散补偿过程     

Propagation of partially polarized Gaussian Schell-model beams in anomalously dispersive media

By use of a tensor method, analytical transform formulae for isotropic partially polarized GSM beams propagating in anomalously dispersive media are derived. Based on the derived formula, the propagation properties of isotropic partially polarized GSM beams in anomalously dispersive media are studied in detail. The results show that the polarization and the irradiance distribution and the coherence degree properties are influenced by the anomalously dispersive media and beam's initial coherence. In addition, the evolution of the spectrum shows that spectrum splitting and spectral shift occur during propagation in anomalously dispersive media.     

一种处理Cole-Cole色散媒质的FDTD改进方案

对柯尔-柯尔(Cole-Cole)色散媒质的时域有限差分(FDTD)方案尝试给出改进:(1)保留了Cole-Cole经验公式中的静态电导率项;(2)扩展到三维情形;(3)人体乳房组织的模型参数源于实验测量.数值算例结果初步证实改进方案的可行性和有效性.改进方案适用于模拟更一般柯尔-柯尔色散媒质中的电波传播.     

Spectral anomalies of diffracted pulsed Hermite--Gaussian beams in dispersive media

This paper derives and uses the recurrence expressions for the power spectra of diffracted pulsed Hermite-Gaussian （HG） beams in dispersive media to study the spectral anomalies of pulsed HG beams in the far field. Numerical results are given to illustrate the dependence of spectral switches on the pulse parameters, truncation parameter and dispersive property of the medium. The potential application of spectral anomalies of ultrashort pulsed beams in information encoding and transmission is discussed.     

Propagation of partially polarized Gaussian Schell-model beams in dispersive and absorbing media

Analytical transform formulae for partially polarized Gaussian Schell-model (GSM) beams propagating in dispersive and absorbing media are derived by use of a new tensor method. Using the derived formulae, we studied the polarization and irradiance distribution properties of partially polarized GSM beams in dispersive and absorbing media. The results show that the dispersive and absorbing media has strong influence on the polarization and irradiance distribution of partially polarized GSM beams. The polarization and irradiance distribution of partially polarized GSM beams in dispersive and absorbing media are also closely related to the initial coherence and the source spectral width of partially polarized GSM beams. The propagation properties of an nonpolarized GSM beam and partially polarized GSM beams are compared and discussed. Our method provides a convenient way to treat the propagation of partially polarized GSM beams in different linear medium.     

（3＋1）-dimensional nonlinear propagation equation for ultrashort pulsed beam in left-handed material

In this paper a comprehensive framework for treating the nonlinear propagation of ultrashort pulse in metamaterial with dispersive dielectric susceptibility and magnetic permeability is presented. Under the slowly-evolving-wave approximation, a generalized （3＋1）-dimensional wave equation first order in the propagation coordinate and suitable for both right-handed material （I~HM） and left-handed material （LHM） is derived. By the commonly used Drude dispersive model for LHM, a （3＋1）-dimensional nonlinear Schrodinger equation describing ultrashort pulsed beam propagation in LHM is obtained, and its difference from that for conventional RHM is discussed. Particularly, the self-steeping effect of ultrashort pulse is found to be anomalous in LHM.     

贝塞尔-高斯脉冲光束在色散介质中的时间和光谱特性

 对等衍射长度贝塞尔-高斯脉冲光束在色散介质中的时间和光谱特性作了研究，结果表明，通过选择适当的空间参数，贝塞尔-高斯脉冲光束沿轴上传输时，脉冲宽度不变。传输距离小于无衍射长度时，随衍射角增加，功率谱形状未变，脉冲波形保持不变；传输距离大于无衍射长度时，随衍射角增加，光谱由蓝移变为红移，脉冲展宽。     

Spectral anomalies of diffracted pulsed Hermite-cosh-Gaussian beams in dispersive media

Starting from the Huygens–Fresnel diffraction integral, the analytical expressions for the power spectra of diffracted pulsed Hermite-cosh-Gaussian (HChG) in dispersive media are derived and used to study the spectral anomalies of pulsed HChG. Numerical results are given to illustrate the dependence of spectral anomalies behavior on the decentered parameter, truncation parameter and dispersive property of the medium. The potential applications of spectral anomalies of ultrashort pulsed beams in the information encoding and information transmission are considered.     

Dispersive optical power splitter: assessment through time domain techniques

A comparative study has been performed between the finite difference time domain technique and the time domain beam propagation method (TD-BPM) while assessing the ultra short pulsed beam propagation inside dispersive power splitter. The dispersive GaAs material, used in the device, is modeled by Lorentzian dispersion relation that satisfies the refractive index of the material at a certain wavelength and shows a strong dispersion over a wide wavelength range. A smarter moving window technique is needed to be applied rather than at pulse’s group velocity for the TD-BPM, especially for bifurcated opto-electronic devices at the ultra short pulse.     

超短脉冲Bessel 光束和空间诱导色散效应

 给出了含时的波动方程的一族特解－超短脉冲Bessel光束，其脉冲光束的空间和时间部分可以做分离变量，空间部分在传输过程中保持Bessel光束不变，而时间脉冲部分的传输行为类似于在普通色散介质中的传输，此效应被称之为空间诱导色散效应。     

Fundamental aspects of pulse phase-locked loop technology-based methods for measurement of ultrasonic velocity.

A new instrument based on a constant frequency pulse phase-locked loop concept has been developed to accurately measure the ultrasonic phase velocity in condensed matter. Measurements of the sound velocity in ultrapure water are reported in which both damped and undamped transducers are used with the instrument together with reflectors of various thicknesses placed in the sound propagation path. An analysis of measurements made with the new instrument and similar measurements, taken under identical experimental conditions, using a popular variable frequency pulsed-phase-locked loop instrument is reported. Uncertainties in both measurement systems are analyzed and discussed. A method for measuring inherent phase shifts, not addressed by previous investigators, within the variable frequency pulsed phase-locked loop system and a derivation of the equations that govern the overall use of variable frequency systems using phase-sensitive comparisons are presented. The effects of a finite pulse length on the measurements of phase velocity in dispersive media are addressed in detail.     

Geometrical optics in dispersive media

We present a systematic derivation of Geometrical Optics in dispersive media from Maxwell's equation for the presence of charges and currents, by using the two-timing approximation technique. A propagation equation for the polarisation plane is also derived.