All-optical steering of the interactions between multiple spatial solitons in isotropic polymers

All-optical steering of the nonlinear interactions between multiple spatial solitons can be performed in an isotropic photoisomerization polymer, by propagating an external control beam in perpendicular direction. Fusing, giving birth to another new soliton, and transferring energy can take place in the interactions of signal beams, which can be achieved by changing the incident position of the control beam, the initial relative phase and the power ratio between the signal beams and the control beam. These phenomena are physically explained, and they have significantly potential applications in optical signal readdressing, logic gating, and all-optical switching, etc.     

Propagation of two optical beams in a two-photon resonant medium

Propagation of two-copropagating or counterpropagating beams is considered in a slab of nonlinear dielectric which is in two-photon resonance with respect to the sum of the laser frequencies. The effects of saturated absorption and dispersion of the beam intensities are studied in detail. The slab transmission is shown to be significantly affected by the induced optical Stark-shift.     

光诱导平面波导阵列中离散空间光孤子的相干相互作用

采用Petviashvili迭代法对光诱导平面波导阵列中的一维离散空间光孤子进行求解,利用分步束传播法对离散空间光孤子间的相干相互作用进行了详细的数值模拟.探讨了离散孤子间的相位差、孤子光强、波导阵列写入光的强度和周期以及外加电场对相互作用过程的影响.结果表明：离散孤子间的相位差对相互作用的影响与连续介质中的情况类似,不同相位差情况下的相互作用也表现为吸引、排斥以及能量转移等现象.同时,离散孤子间的相干相互作用过程(如融合距离和排斥间距等)均会受到孤子光强、波导阵列写入光的强度和周期以及外加电场大小的影响 关键词： 光诱导平面波导阵列 离散空间光孤子 相干相互作用     

分散橙25掺杂的聚合物PMMA薄膜全光极化的研究

制备了以分散橙25为客体的掺杂型有机聚合物PMMA薄膜样品，对之进行了全光极化研究，极化使薄膜产生诱导二阶非线性光学效应，种子光的强度越大，其二阶非线性极化率达到的饱和值越大;种子光的位相差、相对强度比、光场强度等因素影响薄膜的二阶非线性的优劣.     

自散焦介质中光束聚焦的最佳参数选择

对自散焦介质中由交叉相位调制效应引发的光束聚焦过程进行了细致的系统研究,讨论了抽运光初始振幅、抽运光信号光初始间距和抽运光信号光波长比三个参量对信号光聚焦过程的影响.数值模拟结果表明:抽运光越强,信号光聚焦程度越大;抽运光信号光初始间距和抽运光信号光波长比均存在一个最佳值,使得光束聚焦达到最佳效果.通过参数最佳值的选择,可提高光束聚焦的效率 关键词： 非线性折射率系数 交叉相位调制效应 自散焦介质 光束聚焦     

Multistability in Four-Wave Mixing in Plasmas-in Transmission Geometry

In this paper, four-wave mixing in plasmas for the case of a transmission geometry is investigated. The exact solutions of appropriate nonlinear equations for a π/2 phase shift between the refractive index grating and interference pattern of the optical beams have been found. The existence of multistability and self-oscillations in the process has been shown. It should be pointed out that our solutions contain both intensities and phases of the beams.     

基于非球面镜的圆环形光束非线性整形方法

提出了一种利用非球面镜对圆环形光束进行非线性整形的方法,该方法利用两个高次非球面镜片小角度放置组成光束变换光路,能够在几乎不损失功率的情况下灵活调整环形光束的遮拦比和强度分布,也能够实现空心光束和实心光束的相互转换,且镜片加工难度低。实验结果表明,利用该方法搭建的光路与理论分析结果吻合较好,能够较好地对光束进行非线性整形。     

克尔效应导致的鬼像位置移动

在近轴条件下,利用矩阵光学的方法研究了高功率高斯光束通过不同光学元件时,克尔效应导致的介质折射率的变化对鬼像位置的影响.计算了单个双凸透镜,单个双凹透镜以及4F系统中反射光线形成的低阶鬼像的位置移动,并将鬼像位置移动的规律表示为入射光束束腰和峰值光强的函数.     

Kerr非线性介质中聚焦像散高斯光束的传输特性

当高功率激光通过Kerr非线性介质传输时,Kerr效应会严重影响激光的传输特性.实际应用中常遇到像散光束.迄今为止,像散光束传输特性的研究大都局限于在线性介质中的传输,而在非线性介质中传输的研究较少,且还未涉及像散激光束通过含光学系统的Kerr非线性介质传输变换的研究.本文主要研究Kerr效应对聚焦光束像散特性和焦移特性的影响,以及聚焦像散高斯光束的自聚焦焦距和光束焦点调控.在光束扩展情况下,推导出了聚焦像散高斯光束在Kerr非线性介质中传输的束宽、束腰位置和焦移的解析公式,研究表明:在自聚焦介质中,随着自聚焦作用增强(如光束功率增强),光束像散越强,但焦移越小;在自散焦介质中,随着自散焦作用增强(如光束功率增强),光束像散越弱,但焦移越大.另一方面,在光束自聚焦情况下,推导出了自聚焦焦距的解析公式,研究表明利用光束像散可以调控光束焦点个数.     

无衍射光束的产生及其应用

近年来,随着激光技术的快速发展,相继产生了多种在远距离传输后中心光斑保持不变的无衍射光束,包括贝塞尔光束、高阶贝塞尔光束、马丢光束、高阶马丢光束、余弦光束、抛物线光束以及艾里光束.无衍射光束在激光打孔、激光精密准直、光学精密控制、光学微操控、光通信、等离子体导向、光子弹产生、光通信、自聚焦光束的合成以及非线性光学等领域中有着广泛的应用.本文介绍了各类无衍射光束的数学表达式、产生方法及对应的实验结果;就无衍射光束的特性和应用进行了归纳和讨论;并对其在未来的研究与应用前景中发挥的重要作用进行了简要总结与展望.     

Low-amplitude vector screening solitons

We show self-coupled and cross-coupled vector beam evolution equations in the low-amplitude regime for screening solitons,which can exhibit the analytical solutions of bright-bright and dark-dark vector solitons.Our analysis indicates that these self-coupled vector solitons are obtained irrespective of the intensities of the two optical beams,whereas these cross-coupled vector solitons can be established when the intensities of the two optical beams are equal.Relevant examples are provided where the photorefractive crystal is lithium niobate(LiNbO3).The stability properties of these vector solitons have been investigated numerically and it has been found that they are stable.     

双光束在自散焦介质中对向共同传输时的诱导聚焦

对二维自散焦介质中双光束对向共同传输问题进行了系统研究.数值模拟结果表明：在适当的条件下，强的抽运光能通过交叉相位调制效应诱导弱的信号光聚焦.讨论了样品长度、抽运光初始振幅、信号光初始振幅及两光束中心初始横向间距4个参数对信号光聚焦过程的影响，发现存在最佳参数值，选择恰当的参数可提高光束聚焦的效率. 关键词： 自散焦介质 对向传输 诱导聚焦 交叉相位调制效应     

Diffraction of optical waves by nonlinearly induced cylinders

The diffraction of optical waves by transparent and opaque cylinders formed by laser beams in defocusing nonlinear media has been investigated for the first time. The wave flow around a single beam (cylinder) and wave signal percolation through the slits formed by closely spaced laser beams have been numerically modeled.     

Two orthogonally polarized optical beams in a family of Kerr-law nonlinear shifted parabolic graded-index rod lenses

The field, the propagation and the imaging characteristics of two Gaussian optical beams with orthogonal polarization passing through a family of Kerr-law nonlinear shifted parabolic graded-index rod lenses are investigated. The coupled differential equations of the dimensionless beam-width parameters of two Gaussian optical beams are derived by using a variational approach and then solved. It is concluded that there are two regimes of propagation and that the power, the incident waist radius and the position of one beam have large effects on the field, the propagation and the imaging characteristics of the other beam.     

直线变压器驱动源磁芯能量传递效率

磁芯是直线变压器驱动源(LTD)的关键部件之一,起着初、次级能量传递和次级电压感应叠加的作用,磁芯的能量传递效率对LTD系统的效率、体积和重量影响显著。对LTD系统中影响磁芯能量传递效率的原因进行了初步的分析,并利用Pspice软件的非线性磁芯模型对磁芯的工作过程和损耗进行了模拟计算,最后对LTD磁芯的能量传递效率进行了初步的实验研究,在工作电压为20 kV时、脉宽约220 ns时,在2.8 Ω负载上获得了大于60%的能量传递效率。     

Phase-shifted Fresnel axicon

We propose an optical element: a phase-shifted Fresnel axicon for generation of multiple Bessel beams. By giving a binary phase modulation to the standard Fresnel axicon, the proposed element is generated. The phase profile of the binary phase modulation is engineered to generate two and three Bessel beams of equal intensities. This composite optical element is fabricated using electron beam direct writing. The performance of the fabricated device is evaluated using a semiconductor laser, and the generation of two and three Bessel beams is successfully demonstrated.     

Counterpropagating optical beams and solitons

Physics of counterpropagating optical beams and spatial optical solitons is reviewed, including the formation of stationary states and spatiotemporal instabilities. First, several models describing the evolution and interactions between optical beams and spatial solitons are discussed, that propagate in opposite directions in nonlinear media. It is shown that coherent collisions between counterpropagating beams give rise to an interesting focusing mechanism resulting from the interference between the beams, and that interactions between such beams are insensitive to the relative phase between them. Second, recent experimental observations of the counterpropagation effects and instabilities in waveguides and bulk geometries, as well as in one‐ and two‐dimensional photonic lattices are discussed. A variety of different generalizations of this concept are summarized, including the counterpropagating beams of complex structures, such as multipole beams and optical vortices, as well as the beams in different media, such as photorefractive materials and liquid crystals.     

Effect of photoconductivity and oscillation frequency shift on the signal beam intensity in two beam coupling in photorefractive materials

A general theory of the two-beam coupling between a pump beam and a signal beam in photorefractive materials is presented. The coupled wave equations describing the non-linear two beam coupling are derived, based on Maxwell's wave equation. The coupled equation for the intensities of the two beams in the photorefractive crystals with the absorbing properties have been derived analytically. The intensity of the signal beam increases with the increasing crystal thickness, reaches a maximum and then decreases. The influence of energy beam coupling coefficient, oscillation frequency shift, crystal thickness, absorption coefficient and the input beam intensity ratio on the signal beam intensity have been studied in details. The effect of the photoconductivity of the materials on the intensities of the two beams in both the co-directional as well as contra-directional two beam coupling cases have been studied.     

AZOBENZENE POLYMER FILMS FOR OPTICAL STORAGE AND HIGH-ORDER DIFFRACTION (I)——POLY[4'-BIS(N,N-OXYETHYLENE) IMINO-4-NITROAZOBENZENE SUCCINYL] FILM

The properties of phase conjugated (PC) beam and stable optical storage in an azobenzene polymer film were studied by degenerate four-wave mixing. With low-intensity incident waves (peak value of the pulses of the order of W/cm²), the PC beam as well ms diffraction beams were observed and then disappeared after turning off one of the three incident Beams. When the peak intensities of the incidenl beams reached the order of 10 W/cm², the PC beam did not disappear but decreased to some extent after turning off the writing beams. As the peak intensities of incident beams increased to the order of l0³ W/cm², diffraction up to 4th-order was observed. When all of the three incident waves were turned on, three groups of high-order forward and backward diffraction heams were observed. Turning off two of the three incident beams, the diffraction beams of the other incident beams did not decrease obviously, i.e., stable optical storage was realized. After the experiments, brilliant hologram spot was observed and could be maintained over 120 days without obvious change.