余弦高斯光束在梯度折射率介质中的传输特性

 为了研究光束在梯度折射率介质中的传输规律,利用广义惠更斯-菲涅耳衍射积分法,推导出余弦高斯光束在梯度折射率介质中传输的解析表达式,对余弦高斯光束在梯度折射率介质中的传输特性进行了分析,并进一步讨论了介质梯度折射率系数和调制参数对传输特性的影响。结果表明,余弦高斯光束在梯度折射率介质中传输时,轴上光强分布呈现周期性变化,横向光强分布受梯度折射率系数和调制参数影响较大。余弦高斯光束传输时具有不稳定性,通过适当调节参数,可在空间某位置实现余弦高斯光束的整形。     

平顶高斯光束在梯度折射率介质中的传输特性

 利用广义惠更斯-菲涅耳衍射积分法,推导出平顶高斯光束在梯度折射率介质中传输时的解析表达式,对平顶高斯光束在梯度折射率介质中的传输特性进行了分析,讨论了介质梯度折射率系数和光束阶数对传输特性的影响。研究表明,平顶高斯光束在梯度折射率介质中传输时轴上光强分布呈现周期性变化,其周期决定于介质梯度折射率系数,而与光束的阶数无关;轴上峰值处的横向光强分布受梯度折射率系数和光束阶数的影响较大,横向光强的最大值随着梯度折射率系数的增大而增大。     

洛伦兹-高斯光束在梯度折射率介质中的传输

导出了洛伦兹-高斯光束在梯度折射率介质中传输的光场分布,给出了二阶矩定义下的光束半宽度及其变化率的解析表达式,重点分析了梯度折射率系数对洛伦兹-高斯光束传输性能的影响。结果表明,梯度折射率介质中的归一化光强分布和光束半宽度等呈周期性变化,周期为梯度折射率系数的"倍,轴上最大光强出现在半周期处。梯度折射率系数除影响周期性外,对归一化光强分布和光束半宽度无明显影响,但影响光束半宽度变化率。     

高斯光束在对数型非线性介质中自诱导效应

从标量Helmholtz方程出发,推导了对数饱和非线性介质中光场满足的非线性Schr dinger方程(NLSE)。通过与梯度折射率下的光场满足的方程比较,发现高斯光束在对数型饱和非线性介质中可自诱导梯度折射率。利用数值计算,详细地讨论了自诱导梯度折射率对高斯光束传输特性的影响。发现高斯光束在其自诱导的梯度折射率的影响下,呈振荡形式的准稳定的传输。光束注入介质中的初始状态,直接影响着光束的振荡形式(先发散还是先聚焦)、振荡深度(幅度)、振荡周期。得到高斯光束形成孤子的条件,以及若使高斯光束在对数饱和非线性介质中保持小损耗、高稳定的传输,应该使光束在阈值(孤子条件)附近注入介质的结论。     

多层介质中的光自旋霍尔效应研究

本文研究了光束通过多层介质分界面的光自旋霍尔效应. 以三层介质为例,建立了光束通过棱镜-空气-棱镜结构的传输模型,揭示了横移与空气介质的厚度、折射率梯度以及入射角等因素的定性关系. 发现对某一特定的圆偏振光束,改变两棱镜之间的折射率梯度可以调控横移,反射场与传输场的横移方向取决于折射率梯度. 相对于两层介质来说,高斯光束通过三层介质能明显地增强光自旋霍尔效应. 研究多层介质中光自旋霍尔效应横移的影响因素可为调控和增强光自旋霍尔效应提供理论依据. 关键词： 光自旋霍尔效应 横移 折射率梯度     

梯度负折射率介质中高斯光束传输特性的研究

导出了高斯光束在梯度负折射率介质中的ABCD矩阵,据此得到光束在此介质中的传输模型.并利用此模型分析了高斯光束在梯度负折射率介质中的传输特性,发现它能产生空间孤子及呼吸子形式的传输,并发现光束的束腰半径不一定是最小束宽半径.还研究了梯度系数对介质聚焦能力的影响,据此可以设计出相应聚焦能力所需要的折射率分布.最后分析了传输时高斯光束曲率半径的变化情况,与光束束宽半径的变化显著不同,曲率半径始终从无穷大开始,然后产生一个个周期性的变换.     

独立空间孤子对研究新进展

本刊讯 空间光孤子产生的非线性机制有多种，归纳起来大致可分为两类：一类是自相位调制自聚焦机制，这种情况下一束光入射到非线性介质中，材料的折射率会发生变化，在材料中形成类似透镜的效应，即光束中心处折射率比光束边缘处的折射率大，这种折射率分布就在材料中形成折射率梯度变化的波导，当引起该波导的光束正好也是该波导的一种传导模式时，光束就可以在材料中稳定传输形成哈密顿孤子；     

锥形梯度折射率激光准直系统的矩阵光学研究

把梯度折射率激光准直系统视为一个整体,采用矩阵光学的方法,研究了高斯光束经锥形梯度折射率激光准直系统的传输特性.讨论了多级密接锥形梯度折射率激光准直系统的设计原理.     

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.     

不同能量下环形高斯强激光光束在空气中的非线性传输

以线性传输模型为对比研究了不同初始能量的环形光束在空气中的非线性传输。结果显示,在传输初始阶段,非线性克尔效应减弱了线性空间啁啾导致的聚焦作用。线性聚焦使能量向光轴方向流动导致强光强核心,在光轴附近生成类高斯脉冲结构,增强了非线性自聚焦效应,导致光强急剧增加形成光丝。环形光束的初始能量的大小能够影响自聚焦焦距、光丝长度和光强通量。自聚焦焦距随着初始脉冲能量的增加而减小,但自聚焦焦距与初始功率的开方不成反比（这点与高斯光束不同）。光丝长度随着初始脉冲能量的增加而增加。轴上光强通量随初始脉冲能量的增加而增加。     

Quadruple Gaussian Laser Beam Profile Dynamics in Collisionless Magnetized Plasma

This paper presents an investigation of self-focusing of a quadruple Gaussian laser beam in collisionless magnetized plasma. The nonlinearity due to ponderomotive force which arises on account of nonuniform intensity distribution of the laser beam is considered. The nonlinear partial differential equation governing the evaluation of complex envelope in the slowly varying envelope approximation is solved using a paraxial formalism. The self-focusing mechanism in magnetized plasma, in the presence of self-compression mechanism will be analyzed in contrast to the case in which it is absent. It can be observed that, in case of ponderomotive nonlinearity, the self-compression mechanism obstructs the pulse self-focusing above a certain intensity value. The effect of an external magnetic field is to generate pulses with smaller spot size and shorter compression length. The lateral separation parameter and the initial intensity of the laser beam play a crucial role on focusing and compression parameters. Also, the three-dimensional analysis of pulse propagation is presented by coupling the self-focusing equation with the self-compression one.     

Quadruple Gaussian Laser Beam Profile Dynamics in Collisionless Magnetized Plasma

This paper presents an investigation of self-focusing of a quadruple Gaussian laser beam in collisionless magnetized plasma. The nonlinearity due to ponderomotive force which arises on account of nonuniform intensity distribution of the laser beam is considered. The nonlinear partial differential equation governing the evaluation of complex envelope in the slowly varying envelope approximation is solved using a paraxial formalism. The self-focusing mechanism in magnetized plasma, in the presence of self-compression mechanism will be analyzed in contrast to the case in which it is absent. It can be observed that, in case of ponderomotive nonlinearity, the self-compression mechanism obstructs the pulse self-focusing above a certain intensity value. The effect of an external magnetic field is to generate pulses with smaller spot size and shorter compression length. The lateral separation parameter and the initial intensity of the laser beam play a crucial role on focusing and compression parameters. Also, the three-dimensional analysis of pulse propagation is presented by coupling the self-focusing equation with the self-compression one.     

Self-focusing and defocusing of cosh Gaussian laser beam in the presence of nonlinearity of ponderomotive force and temperature gradient

In this paper, the propagation of Cosh Gaussian laser beam and its interaction with isothermal plasma without temperature gradient as well as the effect of the exponential electron temperature gradient are investigated. Here the ponderomotive nonlinearity force is effective mechanism. This force can modify the electron density distribution. All the investigations are carried out for different initial plasma temperatures. Using Maxwell’s equations we obtained the nonlinear second-order differential equation of the dimensionless beam-width parameter (f) on the distance of propagation for several initial electron temperatures and exponential temperature variations. These equations are solved numerically by taking WKB and paraxial approximation. Under the effect of initial electron temperature, self-focusing and defocusing of hyperbolic cosine (cosh) Gaussian laser beam is distinguished. Furthermore, the exponential temperature gradient cause to stationary propagation mode breaks, and self-focusing or defocusing properties is observable.     

Propagation of Gaussian beams in negative-index metamaterials with cubic nonlinearity

Propagation of Gaussian beams in the negative-index metamaterials (NIMs) with cubic nonlinearities is investigated, both theoretically and numerically. The role of the status of the incident Gaussian beam, which is scaled by a converging parameter in this paper, in beam self-focusing and self-defocusing in NIMs is specially identified. The expressions for beam self-focusing and self-defocusing for different converging parameter cases, and the dependence of the critical power and the focus location of self-focusing in NIMs on the converging parameter are obtained. It is found that it is the divergent rather than convergent incident beams which are self-focused more quickly in NIMs with defocusing nonlinearities, in sharp contrast with the propagation property of Gaussian beams in conventional Kerr media, in which beam self-focusing only occurs in the media with focusing nonlinearities and a convergent incident beam self-focuses more quickly than a divergent one. By adjusting the converging parameter of incident Gaussian beam or the controllable magnetic permeability of NIM, or both, one can manipulate the beam self-focusing in NIMs at will.     

Relativistic nonlinearity and wave-guide propagation of rippled laser beam in plasma

In the present paper we have investigated the self-focusing behaviour of radially symmetrical rippled Gaussian laser beam propagating in a plasma. Considering the nonlinearity to arise from relativistic phenomena and following the approach of Akhmanov et al, which is based on the WKB and paraxial-ray approximation, the self-focusing behaviour has been investigated in some detail. The effect of the position and width of the ripple on the self-focusing of laser beam has been studied for arbitrary large magnitude of nonlinearity. Results indicate that the medium behaves as an oscillatory wave-guide. The self-focusing is found to depend on the position parameter of ripple as well as on the beam width. Values of critical power has been calculated for different values of the position parameter of ripple. Effects of axially and radially inhomogeneous plasma on self-focusing behaviour have been investigated and presented here.     

Propagating characters of Gaussian laser beam in plasmas with non-homogeneous radial temperature distribution

We investigate the propagation regimes of laser beam in plasmas with radial distribution of electron temperature, characterized by ratio parameter of radial Gaussian distribution. By following the WKB method and paraxial approximation, the propagation equations of laser beam are derived and discussed for two nonlinearity mechanisms respectively. Both the critical curves for different ratio parameters are plotted, and it is proved that the self-focusing or self-trapping mode could be realized only when the ratio parameter excesses 1. The variations of laser beam-width are calculated, which indicates the feasibly effective modification of propagation characters by radial distribution of electron temperature.     

Complex geometrical optics of Kerr type nonlinear media

The paper generalizes paraxial complex geometrical optics (PCGO) for Gaussian beam (GB) propagation in nonlinear media of Kerr type. Ordinary differential equations for the beam amplitude and for complex curvature of the wave front are derived, which describe the evolution of axially symmetric GB in a Kerr type nonlinear medium. It is shown that PCGO readily provides the solutions of NLS equation obtained earlier from diffraction theory on the basis of the aberration-free approach. Besides reproducing classical results of self-focusing PCGO readily describes an influence of the initial curvature of the wave front on the beam evolution in a medium of Kerr type including a nonlinear graded-index fiber. The range of applicability of the PCGO theory is discussed as well which is helpful for avoiding nonphysical solutions.     

Propagation of cosh Gaussian laser beam in plasma with density ripple in relativistic – ponderomotive regime

Self-focusing of cosh Gaussian laser beam in plasma with periodic density ripple has been investigated. The pondermotive force on electron and the relativistic oscillation of the electron mass causes periodic self-focusing/defocusing of the cosh Gaussian laser beam. The beam converges in the region of high plasma density due to dominance of self-focusing effect over diffraction effect and diverges in the low density region. Non-linear partial differential equation governing the evolution of complex envelope in slowly varying approximation is solved using paraxial ray approximation. The variation of beam-width parameter is studied with distance of propagation for different values of ripple wave number d and decentred parameter b. In order to get strong self-focusing, wavelength and intensity parameters of cosh Gaussian laser beam are optimized.