Pulse Propagation with Self-Phase Modulation in Nonlinear Chiral Fiber and Its Applications

From Maxwell's equations and Post's formalism,a generalized chiral nonlinear Schrodinger equation(CNLSE) is obtained for the nonlinear chiral fiber.This equation governs light transmission through a dispersive nonlinear chiral fiber with joint action of chirality in linear and nonlinear ways.The generalized CNLSE shows a modulation of chirality to the effect of attenuation and nonlinearity compared with the case for a conventional fiber.Simulations based on the split-step beam propagation method reveal the role of nonlinearity with cooperation to chirality playing in the pulse evolution.By adjusting its strength the role of chirality in forming solitons is demonstrated for a given circularly polarized component.The application of nonlinear optical rotation is also discussed in an all-optical switch.     

Polarization characteristics of chiral photonic crystal fibers with an elliptical hollow core

The theoretical study of dielectric-chiral photonic crystal fiber(PCF)with an elliptical hollow core is presented.The band structure of chiral photonic crystal(PhC)is calculated by using a modified plane-wave expansion(PWE)method.By examining the out-of-plane photonic bandgaps(PBGs)of chiral PhC,a kind of chiral PCF with a hollow core is designed and their eigenstates are calculated.The distributions of mode field and polarization state are demonstrated,and how the structural asymmetry of the core together with the chirality in the background affects the modal polarization is discussed.The dependences of birefringence on chirality for different ellipticities of core are investigated.     

Coupling effects for grey separate spatial solitons in a biased series photorefractive crystal circuit with both the linear and quadratic electro-optic effects

The existence and coupling of grey–grey separate spatial solitons in a biased series photorefractive crystal circuit with both the linear and quadratic non-linearity is investigated in this paper. The numerical solution of the grey–grey separate spatial solitons is presented. The effect of coupling between the two separate spatial solitons and the influence on each soliton due to the input intensity and crystal’s temperature is analysed. Changing the intensity of the soliton in one crystal affects the soliton in both crystals due to flow of the light induced current through the circuit. Also, the effect of changing the temperature of one crystal affects the soliton in both crystals due to the coupling effect. The soliton width dependence on the temperature is different for each crystal.     

Propagation effects in the radio interferometry of polarized radiation: I. Spatial Fourier components of the Stokes parameters

We have analysed the spatial coherence of polarized radiation scattered in a random magnetoplasma. The major result is the prediction of a relative enhancement of the linear polarization fraction of received radiation for higher-order spatial harmonics. This is due to the scattering on the magnetic field irregularities in a random magnetoplasma. This effect may be detectable in the case of propagation of linearly polarized radiation through the terrestrial magnetosphere, or Jovian ionosphere, or the solar chromosphere. The relative enhancement in the content of linear polarization is due to a general property, namely chirality of the magnetoplasma, and hence may have general applications to chiral media, specifically as a means of analysing the spatial distribution in material specimens.     

Exciton Dynamics in a Helical Molecular Aggregate

The formation of excitons in a helical molecular nanochain is considered. The model equations are derived with allowance for a spatial dispersion of the polarization of optical transitions treated in the approximation of nearest-neighbor interaction and constant dipole moment of molecules. Models of the medium are formulated, which determine the formation of polarization domains. Some examples are considered, which show that a helical medium admits the formation of stable localized structures (solitons) due to the curvature of the molecular chain. These features of the nanosystem can produce a critical influence on the luminescent properties of the chiral medium.     

Collision between scalar and vector spatial solitons in Kerr media

Experimental observation and numerical results concerning collisions between scalar and vector spatial solitons in a Kerr planar waveguide are presented. It is shown that this configuration allows for the full control of spatial and polarization dynamics of the interacting vector solitons. On the one hand, the ability to achieve polarization control of a single-hump vector soliton is demonstrated. On the other hand, the effect of collision on the spatial symmetry-breaking dynamics of multimode vector solitons is investigated.     

High-order polarization vortex spatial solitons

We investigate the formation of high-order polarization vortex spatial solitons. The high-order polarization vortex solitons have novel polarization states which are different from fundamental polarization vortex solitons and have rotational symmetry only in intensity. It is proved that the polarization vortex solitons cannot carry vortex phase. The existence domain and dynamical characteristic of these high-order polarization vortex solitons in Bessel optical lattices are discussed in detail.     

有偏压的光伏光折变晶体中的空间孤子

证明了有偏压的光伏光折变晶体中存在着明、暗稳态的空间孤子.它源于对外电场的非均匀空间屏蔽和光伏效应.与已报道的稳态光折变空间孤子相比,它具有不同的特性.当外电场为某一特定值时,用改变外电场的极性和旋转光的偏振方向可以实现明孤子与暗孤子的相互转换.当外电场足够强可以忽略光伏效应时,它类似于屏蔽孤子;当不存在外电场时,它类似于开路条件下的光伏孤子. 关键词：     

Periodic nanostructures: spatial dispersion mimics chirality

Polarization rotation in isotropic materials is commonly associated with chirality, i.e., structures with a handedness which are not identical with their mirror image. We observe this effect in the visible and near-IR regions at oblique incidence in the optical response of a subwavelength square array of holes. Mapping the complete k space via Mueller-matrix spectroscopic ellipsometry, we find that in specific directions the rotary power is orders of magnitude larger than that observed for chiral molecules. Although experimentally indistinguishable, the physics behind the two phenomena is fundamentally different: While optical activity is a consequence of magnetic interactions, nanostructures on a square lattice rotate the polarization due to spatial dispersion.     

Symmetry theory of the flexomagnetoelectric effect in the magnetic domain walls

A local flexomagnetoelectric (A.P. Pyatakov, A.K. Zvezdin, 2009) effect in the magnetic domain walls (DWs) of the cubic hexoctahedral crystal has been investigated on the basis of a symmetry analysis. The strong connection between magnetic symmetry of the DW and the type of the distribution of the electric polarization was shown. Results were systemized in the scope of the DW chirality. It was shown, that new type of the local flexomagnetoelectric coupling corresponds to the presence of the coupled electric charge in the DW. It was found that all time-noninvariant chiral DWs have identical type of spatial distribution of the magnetization and polarization. There are coincidence between the symmetry predictions and results obtaining from the known term of the flexomagnetoelectric coupling for transverse polarization components.     

Polarization locking and nonparaxial spatial solitons in media with electronic Kerr nonlinearity

The polarization structure of nonparaxial spatial solitons in a transparent medium with the electronic mechanism of Kerr nonlinearity is studied theoretically. It is demonstrated analytically in the weak nonparaxiality approximation that the regime of polarization locking, in which all the field components have the same propagation constant, is the only stable regime. Estimates of the rate of transition of the initial metastable regime of rotation of the polarization ellipse to the regime of polarization locking are presented. Based on a numerical solution of the nonlinear Maxwell equations, the presence of the nonparaxial regime of polarization locking is confirmed and the main characteristics of the corresponding spatial solitons are obtained.     

Chiral surface plasmon polaritons on metallic nanowires

Chiral surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) can be generated by linearly polarized light incident at the end of a nanowire, exciting a coherent superposition of three specific nanowire waveguide modes. Images of chiral SPPs on individual nanowires obtained from quantum dot fluorescence excited by the SPP evanescent field reveal the chirality predicted in our theoretical model. The handedness and spatial extent of the helical periods of the chiral SPPs depend on the input polarization angle and nanowire diameter as well as the dielectric environment. Chirality is preserved in the free-space output wave, making a metallic nanowire a broad bandwidth subwavelength source of circular polarized photons.     

Polarization vortex spatial optical solitons in Bessel optical lattices

We investigate the formation of polarization vortex spatial optical solitons in optical lattice induced by a non-diffracting Bessel beam. The properties of these solitons in zeroth-order and first-order Bessel lattices with focusing and defocusing Kerr nonlinearity are discussed. It is found that these solitons have some analogies with phase vortex solitons carrying single positive or negative topological charge in these lattices. Besides, these polarization vortex solitons have complicated dynamical characteristic and can be stabilized in some parameter region.     

Chiral Symmetry Breaking During Growing Process of NaClO3 Crystal under Direct-Current Electric Field

We investigate the influence of dc electric field on chiral symmetry breaking during the growing process of NaClO3 crystal. Nucleation and growth of NaClO3 are completed from an aqueous solution by a fast cooling temperature technology. A pair of polarization microscopes are used to identify a distribution of chiral crystals. Experimental results indicate that the dc electric field has an effect on distribution of chirality, but the direction of the dc electric field is not sensitive to the chiral autocatalysis and selectivity, i.e. the nature convection driving by the gravity does not play an important role on a thin layer of NaClO3 solution. The experimental phenomena may be elucidated by the ECSN mechanism.     

Magnetoelectric Energy in Electrodynamics: Magnetoelectricity,Bi(an)isotropy,and Magnetoelectric Meta-Atoms

Magnetoelectricity denotes the relationship between electric polarization and magnetization. In materials with an intrinsic magnetoelectric (ME) effect, the energy density comprises the polarization, magnetization, and ME energy densities. These three components of energy define local (subwavelength) characteristics of electromagnetic (EM) responses in multiferroic materials. In a subwavelength domain, coupling between the electric and magnetic dipole oscillations forms the ME field structures that are characterized by the violation of both spatial and temporal symmetry. Unlike multiferroics, bi(an)isotropic metamaterials are associated with an EM response characterized only by spatial symmetry breaking. This also applies to chiral materials. Since no “intrinsic magnetoelectricity” is assumed in such structures, any concepts about the stored ME energy are not applicable. This clearly points to the effect of nonlocality. That is why the basic concepts of bi(an)isotropy can only be analyzed by the EM far-field characteristics. In this paper, it is argued that in the implementation of local (subwavelength) ME meta-atoms and systems for near-field probing of chirality, the concept on ME energy is crucial. Real ME energy can occur when ME fields in a singular subwavelength domain are characterized by a violation of both the symmetry of time reversal and spatial reflection.     

Spatial solitons in nonlinear liquid waveguides

Spatial solitons are studied in a planar waveguide filled with nonlinear liquids. Spectral and spatial measurements for different geometries and input power of the laser beam show the influence of different nonlinear effects as stimulated scatterings on the soliton propagation and in particular on the beam polarization. The stimulated scattering can be used advantageously to couple the two polarization components. This effect can lead to multiple applications in optical switching.     

有偏压的光伏光折变晶体中屏蔽光伏孤子的自偏转

修正了有偏压的光伏光折变晶体中屏蔽光伏孤子的理论。用微扰法研究了屏蔽光伏孤子的自偏转，得出孤子光呸中心的运动为抛物线，并且空间频率分量随传播距离而线性移动，改变外偏压或旋转光的偏振方向可以控制其自偏转。当光伏效应可忽略时，屏蔽光伏孤子的非线性波动方程就转化为屏蔽孤子的非线性波动方程，它的自偏转就转化为屏蔽孤子的自偏转。当外偏压为零时，屏蔽光伏孤子的非线性波动方程就转化为光伏孤子的非线性波动方程，它的自偏转证明了光伏孤子中也存在着自偏转。     

Optical manifestations of planar chirality

We report that planar chiral structures affect the polarization state of light in a manner similar to three-dimensional chiral (optical active) media. In experiments with artificial metal-on-silicon chiral planar gratings of 442 wallpaper group symmetry, containing millions of chiral elements per square centimeter, we observed rotation of the polarization azimuth in excess of 30 degrees of light diffracted from it. The rotation was found to change its sign for two enantiomeric forms of the media and to have components associated with both the structural arrangement and the chirality of individual structural elements.     

One-dimensional spatial solitons in AlGaAs waveguides

We present experimental results on one-dimensional (1-D) spatial solitons in AlGaAs waveguides. Three distinct types of spatial solitons have been observed: namely the fundamental soliton, the Manakov soliton, and the vector soliton. The fundamental soliton is the simplest form of 1-D soliton which consists of a single polarization. The properties of waveguiding and ‘robustness’ are experimentally studied. Vector solitons which result from the complex interplay between the two orthogonally polarized beams due to self-phase modulation, cross-phase modulation, and four-wave mixing effects are studied. The complex beam dynamics and polarization behaviour of the vector solitons are experimentally studied. Manakov solitons which are a special case of the vector soliton exist when the ratio between the self-to-cross-phase modulation is one and the four-wave mixing effects becomes zero are demonstrated experimentally and the basic properties discussed. Finally, some soliton interactions such as trapping and dragging are reported and possible applications of soliton interactions are discussed.     

Giant Asymmetric Transmission and Circular Dichroism with Angular Tunability in Chiral Terahertz Metamaterials

Inspired by the chiral structure from mode interaction, a chiral terahertz metamaterial and its complementary structure with the coexistence of asymmetric transmission and circular dichroism response are designed. The asymmetric transmission happens in the presence of electric and magnetic modes perpendicular to each other, resulting from intrinsic chirality under normal incidence. Circular dichroism exists in the presence of electric and magnetic modes parallel to each other under oblique incidence because of extrinsic chirality. Both asymmetric transmission and circular dichroism are enhanced by complementary structures, benefitting from the coupling between adjacent units. The maximum of chiral parameter κ can achieve 450, which is one hundred times higher than previously reported. The chiral response can be tuned by the incident angle and is sensitive to the environmental refractive index. The results highlight the potential applications of these metamaterials in chiral sensing and polarization transformation devices.