A Quantum Interpretation of Light Scattering near the Boundary between Transparent Media with Kerr Nonlinearity

The transformation of light by a nonlinear beamsplitter is considered. The beamsplitter is formed by a plane interface between two transparent dielectrics, at least one of which has a Kerr nonlinearity; i.e., its refractive index depends on the intensity of the penetrating radiation. It is shown that the interpretation of the result of calculation of quantum fields at the outputs from such a beamsplitter indicates a violation of the principle of causality in the sense that a subsequent event affects the previous one.     

Speedmeter scheme for gravitational-wave detectors based on EPR quantum entanglement

We propose a new implementation of a quantum speed meter QND measurement scheme. It employs two independent optical readouts of the interferometer test masses with different values of the bandwidths and of the optical circulating power, whose outputs have to be combined by an additional beamsplitter. Signals at the two outputs of the beamsplitter are proportional to the position and the velocity of the test masses, respectively. The influence of the position meter-like back action force associated with the position signal can be cancelled using the EPR approach by measuring the amplitude quadrature of the beamsplitter common output.     

脉冲激光二极管泵浦调Q激光器泵浦时间特性研究

从调Q激光器的速率方程出发,对脉冲激光二极管泵浦的调Q激光器在不同泵浦功率及不同透过率情况下的最佳泵浦时间进行了理论分析。计算结果表明,在透过率为20%,腔内损耗为0.05的条件下,1—3倍阈值泵浦功率时,最高效率对应的最佳泵浦时间为1—1.5倍Nd∶YAG荧光寿命;7倍阈值泵浦功率及以上时,最佳泵浦时间约为荧光寿命的一半或者更短。在脉冲泵浦能量相同时,采用较短的泵浦时间(即泵浦功率较高),调Q输出的能量转换效率较高。     

Novel MEMS variable optical attenuator

A novel MEMS variable optical attenuator (VOA), which has completely different attenuation mechanism from those in literatures, is proposed and demonstrated in this paper. The basic operation principle is that the optical power coupled between two initially aligned single-mode fibers will be continuously attenuated while the end of one of the fibers is deflected from the initial position. A micromachined solenoid type inductor with a U-shaped permalloy magnetic core is used to attract the deflectable fiber that has a permalloy coat on its end. To fabricate the multi-layer three-dimensional inductive component, a new UV-LIGA process for thick photoresists is developed, combining advantages of both SU-8 and AZ-4000 series photoresists. The inductive component is approximately 1.7 mm×1.3 mm×50μm in size and has a low resistance value (- 2.1Ω). The whole size of the VOA before packaging is 30 mmx2 mmx0.6 mm. The first prototype shows less then 3-dB insertion loss at 0-dB attenuation and nearly 40-dB att     

Entanglement Rule of Wigner Operators at a Beamsplitter

It is known that beamsplitter can be used to produce quantum entanglement, in this paper we examine this topic from the point of view of Wigner operators. Using Weyl-ordering of the Wigner operator and the Weyl ordering invariance of Weyl ordered operators under similarity transformation we derive the entanglement rule of Wigner operators at a beamsplitter.     

An analysis of pulse propagation through a saturable absorber having excited-state absorption

The theoretical study of the propagation of a bell-shaped light pulse through a saturable absorber having excited-state absorption is presented. Assuming that the pulse-width is longer than the first excited-state lifetime of the absorber, a general expression for the steady-state transmission of the absorber is obtained. It is shown that when the excited-state absorption cross-section is larger than the ground-state absorption cross-section (reverse saturable absorber) the absorber acts as a power limiter. An explicit expression for the change of temporal pulse-width in a single transit through the absorber is obtained, which shows that the pulse-width increases due to the presence of excited-state absorption. An analytical expression is presented for the optimum pulse intensity at which the maximum pulse broadening occurs.     

Transmission et indice de refraction des photoresines negatives KMR-747 dans l'infrarouge entre 2 et 10 μm

This paper deals with the infrared transmission and dispersion of negative photoresists KMR 747, available from kodak stock. We have computed the absorption coefficient curve and determined the refractive index of the material by an accurate interferometric measuring method (channeled spectrum) between 2 and 10 μm in wavelenght. The study of these optical constants permit one to precise the optimum utilization of the photoresists as phase profiles material for the infrared.     

Energy harvesting using semi-active control

This paper presents the application of semi-active control for optimising the power harvested by an electro-mechanical energy harvester. A time-periodic damper, defined by a Fourier series, is introduced for energy harvesting in order to increase the performance of the device. An analytical solution for the transmissibility and the average absorbed power is derived based on the method of harmonic balance. The coefficients of the semi-active model are optimised to maximise the harvested power. The harvested power from the optimum periodic time-varying damper at a particular frequency is compared and is shown to be greater than that from an optimum passive damper and a semi-active on–off damper not only at that particular frequency but also at other frequencies. In addition, the performance of the optimised periodic time-varying damper is also compared with an arbitrary semi-active time-periodic damper, which has the same transmissibility at resonance. An optimisation is carried out to maximise the power in a frequency range and the optimum damper is derived as a function of the excitation frequency. The numerical results are validated with the analytical approach.     

The Strip Grating as a Circular Polarizing Beamsplitter

A conducting strip grating can be designed to serve as a beamsplitter that, when a monochromatic linearly-polarized plane wave is incident upon it, delivers circularly-polarized transmitted and reflected waves. The theoretical result is confirmed by a microwave experiment at 35 GHz.     

Minimally radiating sources for personal audio

In order to reduce annoyance from the audio output of personal devices, it is necessary to maintain the sound level at the user position while minimizing the levels elsewhere. If the dark zone, within which the sound is to be minimized, extends over the whole far field of the source, the problem reduces to that of minimizing the radiated sound power while maintaining the pressure level at the user position. It is shown analytically that the optimum two-source array then has a hypercardioid directivity and gives about 7 dB reduction in radiated sound power, compared with a monopole producing the same on-axis pressure. The performance of other linear arrays is studied using monopole simulations for the motivating example of a mobile phone. The trade-off is investigated between the performance in reducing radiated noise, and the electrical power required to drive the array for different numbers of elements. It is shown for both simulations and experiments conducted on a small array of loudspeakers under anechoic conditions, that both two and three element arrays provide a reasonable compromise between these competing requirements. The implementation of the two-source array in a coupled enclosure is also shown to reduce the electrical power requirements.     

Transmitted power allocation/control for multi-band MC-CDMA

Transmit power allocation over multiple subcarriers is an effective way to improve system error probability performance and to save power in traditional multi-carrier systems. In this paper, we derive the optimum power allocation algorithm for multi-band MC-CDMA systems, where optimum is defined as minimal BER under the constraint of fixed transmitted power, assuming knowledge of power attenuation of different sub-bands. With a two-band MC-CDMA system and Rayleigh channel fading, we show that a BER performance improvement based on the optimum allocation can only be attained over a limited range of transmit power and a limited range of sub-band power attenuation difference values. This performance improvement is also modest compared with a uniform power allocation, which suggests that the uniform power allocation is near optimal for transmit power control under our assumptions. Two simple transmitted power control algorithms are provided, and the controlled transmit power for a two-band system is shown to be a linear function of the power attenuation difference between the two bands for a large range of these attenuation differences. The small non-linear range implies that in using a multi-band channel, any savings in total transmitted power can occur only when the power attenuation difference between the two bands is small.     

X‐ray‐induced Cu deposition and patterning on insulators at room temperature

X‐ray irradiation is shown to trigger the deposition of Cu from solution, at room temperature, on a wide variety of insulating substrates: glass, passivated Si, TiN/Ti/SiO₂/Si and photoresists like PMMA and SU‐8. The process is suitable for patterning and the products can be used as seeds for electroplating of thicker overlayers.     

Second-harmonic generation in the interior of an isotropic medium with quadratic nonlinearity by a focused inhomogeneously polarized pump beam

This paper presents a theoretical study of second-harmonic generation (SHG) by a focused pump beam in the interior of an isotropic medium, experimentally observed earlier. It shows that the spatial dispersion of the quadratic optical response of the substance can be responsible for this nonlinear process even when a macroscopic inversion center is present in the medium. It is established that this effect, which is impossible in the plane-wave approximation, also does not occur when a Gaussian pump beam with uniform distribution of the polarization state of the wave field over the cross section is used, but that the presence in the pump beam of higher transverse modes with polarization different from the fundamental mode can cause an SHG signal to appear. The conditions for a wave to appear at the doubled frequency are found, analytical dependences for its electric field and total power on the propagation coordinate, the degree of focusing, and the other parameters of the problem are obtained, and the requirements on the optimum experimental geometry are formulated. The dependence of the signal-beam power on the wavevector detuning is studied, and it is shown that interference effects can cause the wave at the second harmonic to disappear when a normal dispersion law is obeyed in the region between the fundamental and doubled frequencies. Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 113, 1261–1276 (April 1998)     

CW HCN laser gain in a hollow dielectric rectangular cross-section discharge tube

This paper describes a 1 m-long CW HCN discharge laser with a hollow dielectric rectangular discharge tube of 5×20 cm² cross-section. For optimum working conditions, the characteristics of the amplifying medium have been made constant over the cross-section, by using an additional magnetic field. Then, the unsaturated gain for the 337 μm line is 6.8% m⁻¹. It is shown to be dependent on the smaller dimension of the cross-section rather than on the other dimension. By using the tube as a waveguide, laser output power of 1 Watt might be obtained with a discharge length of 4 m, instead of the 12m-long discharge required to get the same output power from a cylindrical waveguide laser.     

紫外真空紫外傅里叶变换光谱仪

研制了新型的由分束耦合器、“猫眼”后向反射光学系统、稳频激光辅助采样系统和光电探测器等组成的紫外真空紫外傅里叶变换光谱仪 ,光谱测量范围为 170nm～ 6 0 0nm ,30 0nm处分辨率高于 1.5× 10 5。光谱仪结构紧凑 ,可精确探测紫外真空紫外波段物质的发射及吸收光谱 ,尤其适合与同步辐射源对接完成相关的光谱分析。     

Differential correction system of laser beam directional dithering based on symmetrical beamsplitter

This paper proposes a differential correction system with a differential optical path and a symmetrical beamsplitter for correcting the directional dithering of the laser beams. This system can split a collimated laser beam into two laser beams with equal and opposite movements. Thus, the positional averages of the two split laser beams remain constant irrespective of the dithering angle. The symmetrical beamsplitter designed based on transfer matrix principle is to balance the optical paths and irradiances of the two laser beams. Experimental results show that the directional dithering is reduced to less than one-pixel value. Finally, two examples show that this system can be widely used in one-dimensional measurement.     

关于半导体光激射器工作电流范围的分析

本文直接利用阈值电流随温度变化的实验关系,通过解热传导方程,得到了连续及脉冲工作状态下起始工作电流、最大工作电流及临界阈值电流的定量结果,供研制参考。其中全面地考虑了结内及体内发热的贡献,后者可用一归一化等效体内发热电阻r来表征。连续工作状态的分析表明,体内发热的影响不可忽略。对脉冲工作状态的分析,分别考虑了脉冲宽度和重复频率的影响。指出:在兼顾功率和重复频率的情况下,脉冲工作比以取0.03左右为宜。当实际应用中对重复频率要求不高时,为了提高功率,取重复周期比二极管热弛豫时间约大3倍比较合适。如果要求重复频率很高,则器件性能主要由脉冲工作比决定。文中利用所得结果结合实例进行了讨论,并讨论了脉冲工作情况由于结温变化所导致的发射频谱展宽效应。     

Laser cavities and polarization optics for soft X-rays and the extreme ultraviolet

Addressed here are polarization optics for extreme-ultraviolet and soft X-ray wavelengths, especially as relevant to laser cavities. It is pointed out that the whisper-gallery mirrors studied by Vinogradov can serve as weak polarizers and, more importantly, as birefringent elements. The application of multilayer technology to polarizing mirrors and beamsplitters is also considered. It is shown that multilayer beamsplitters can function both as reflective and transmissive polarizers. Their behavior is surprising in some cases, with the same polarization being preferred in both reflection and transmission. Three polarizing cavity schemes are proposed, each incorporating a polarizing beamsplitter as its output coupler. Cavity optimization issues are discussed.     

Power penalty of cascaded Bragg gratings in the presence of PMD and PDL

Considering the presence of birefringence in Bragg gratings, the spectral polarization mode dispersion (PMD) and polarization dependent loss (PDL) induced power penalty of eye opening is examined for a network with cascaded Bragg gratings. It is shown that when the birefringence in the grating is less than 10⁻⁵, the induced power penalty is less than 0.1 dB for a network with up to 30 cascaded Bragg gratings. However, when the grating birefringence is on the order of 10⁻⁴, the induced power penalty can be as high as 5.6 dB for a network with 14 cascaded Bragg gratings.