Interaction of light filaments in air

This paper analytically investigates the interaction of light filaments generated by a femtosecond laser beam in air. It obtains the Hamiltonian of a total laser field and interaction force between two filaments with different phase shifts and crossing angles. The property of the interaction force, which leads the attraction or repulsion of filaments, is basically dependent on the phase shift between filaments. The crossing angle between two filaments can only determine the magnitude of the interaction force, but does not change the property of the force.     

Filamentation of interacting femtosecond laser pulses in air

The filamentation of two co-propagated femtosecond (fs) laser pulses in air is studied by numerical simulation. Depending on the different initial separation distances, relative phase shift and crossing angles, simulations show attraction, fusion, repulsion and collision of the two pulses. A long plasma channel can be formed by two in-phase pulses with small separation distance and cross angle. The coupling of two laser beam becomes weaker when the separation distance or cross angle between two beams is larger. In this case, the filamentation of each pulse develops independently. Our simulation results will be helpful for understanding the effect of the initial amplitude and phase modulation of laser pulse on the filamentation characteristics.     

Interactions between one-dimensionalquadratic soliton-like beams

The interaction between two quadratic soliton-like beams was investigated for beams launched parallel to one another, and at small crossing angles. The experiments were performed in titanium in-diffused lithium niobate slab waveguides near a Type I phase-matching condition for second harmonic generation (SHG). Only beams at the fundamental frequency were launched and the second harmonic required for quadratic soliton formation was generated upon propagation into the waveguide. The results of the interaction were found to depend on the relative phase between the input fundamental beams, the net phase mismatch for SHG and on the beam crossing angle. Good agreement with numerical simulations of the different interactions was found. In general, the results of the interactions were similar to those found in saturable Kerr-like media.     

Analysis of retroreflector-introduced spectrum distortion in birefringent crystal-based interleaver filters

Spectrum distortion in a birefringent crystal-based interleaver filter introduced by the right-angle total internal reflection retroreflector is studied. The phase shift between two perpendicularly polarized components of the polarized light incident onto the retroreflector is calculated. The sensitivity of the phase shift to the incident angle for different materials from which the retroreflector is made is also considered. This study indicates that the phase shift is less sensitive to the incident angle for retroreflectors having a higher index of refraction, suggesting a fixed-phase compensator that can be used to cancel out the phase shift introduced by the retroreflector to recover the interleaver filter's spectrum. The fold-back 50 GHz channel spacing birefringent crystal interleaver filter is fabricated to demonstrate that the spectrum distortion due to the phase shift introduced by retroreflector can be eliminated by a phase compensator.     

双螺旋叠栅条纹检测光束准直性的两种方法

介绍双螺旋叠栅条纹检测光束准直性的基本原理,进一步就双螺旋叠栅条纹的特征参量与被测光束发散角(即光束准直精度)的关系进行分析和推导。在分析双螺旋叠栅条纹进行时,首先采用频域低通滤波提取纯叠栅条纹,然后提取纯叠栅条纹的特征参量。提出两种特征参量的提取方法,一种依次进行傅里叶变换计算相位信息的傅里叶变换方法,另一种是受传统时间相移算法启发而提出的空间相移算法,讨论了在两种方法中极坐标的重采样问题和相应的计算公式,并进行了计算机模拟。结果表明,傅里叶变换方法和空间相移算法实质都是获取叠栅条纹全场趋势的平均值,使最终光束发散角的检测具有很高的精度,对自成像条纹周期的检测误差在±2.8‰以内。     

Total internal reflection of a Gaussian light beam

An approximate theoretical model for calculating the reflected and refracted fields of a Gaussian light beam at a plane interface between two isotropic media is formulated on the basis of a Fourier integral. In the vicinity of the critical angle of incidence (for total internal reflection) the model predicts the presence of two refracted beams, one displaced along the interface by an amount equal to the Goos-Hänchen shift; curvature of the phase fronts and nonalignment of the effective directions of energy and phase propagation occur for each beam, as in an anisotropic medium.     

自泵浦位相共轭反射的实验研究

本文通过检测BaTiO_3晶体的二波耦合增益系数P和自泵浦位相共轭反射率R对随入射角的变化关系,经过理论分析指出R的角度依赖性是P的角密依赖性的结果;详细地解释了全内反射自泵浦位相共轭的双区域耦合理论,指出位相共轭输出的频移特性是泵浦光在双区域间“振荡”的结果;并解释了自泵浦形成的阈值特性。     

利用相位可控光场实现量子态波函数时域演化的量子控制

研究了相位可控光场与二能级原子相互作用问题.解析地描述了激发态布居概率在时域的量子衍射现象;细致地分析了波函数演化规律的物理内涵.利用波函数的Cornu蜷线和波函数的实部和虚部随时间的演化形式,展示了原子极化过程的物理细节.阐明了相位可控光场对波函数的时域演化过程、原子极化过程以及光场传输过程的操控机理.     

The optical power distribution and scattering losses in symmetric channel waveguide X-junctions

It is shown theoretically and experimentally that there is sufficient light radiation at the crossing points of wave-guides, and sufficient coupling between input branches and output branches of integrated optic symmetric crossing channel wave-guides. For straight X-junctions the crosstalk could be changed in a wide range varying the crossing angle, while for widened X-junction with a fixed crossing angle the crosstalk could be changed by varying the length of the central straight waveguide section.     

Light refraction in the Swiss-cheese model

We investigate light propagation in the Swiss-cheese model. On both sides of Swiss-cheese sphere surfaces, observers resting in the flat Friedmann-Robertson-Walker (FRW) space and the Schwarzschild space respectively, see the same light ray enclosing different angles with the normal. We examine light refraction at each crossing of the boundary surfaces, showing that the angle of refraction is larger than the angle of incidence for both directions of the light.     

二维热离子等离子体中离子声孤波的相互作用

通过使用推广的 Poincar-Lighthill-Kuo 摄动方法,研究了二维热离子等离子体中两个沿不同方向传播的离子声孤波的相互作用,得到了两个分别描述沿ξ和η方向传播的孤波的KdV方程以及两个孤波以任意夹角碰撞后的相移和轨道.同时还研究了离子温度比σ、热容比γ和碰撞夹角α对孤波相移的影响.研究表明,这些参量可以明显地改变孤波的相移,且在该系统中存在压缩型孤波. 关键词： 热离子等离子体 离子声孤波 Poincar-Lighthill-Kuo方法 相移     

双棱镜结构中透射光束的古斯-汉欣位移

当入射角大于全反射临界角时,双棱镜结构中透射和反射光束的古斯-汉欣(Goos-Haenchen)位移具有饱和效应,并且只有波长数量级。利用稳态相位法研究了当入射角小于全反射临界角时双棱镜结构中透射光束的古斯-汉欣位移。研究表明,传播模式下透射光束的古斯-汉欣位移是空气层厚度、入射角和双棱镜折射率的周期性函数。当透射共振时,透射光束的古斯-汉欣位移可达入射波长的几十倍,与入射角大于全反射临界角的情况相比,透射光束的位移通过边界的相互作用具有共振增强效应;在非共振点处,对称结构中的反射光束具有与透射光束相同的古斯-汉欣位移。共振增强的透射光束的位移在光开关及光耦合器中具有潜在的应用。     

光波p分量在单轴晶体表面反射和折射的相位特性

根据单轴晶体的双折射和双反射性质,通过数值计算研究了光轴在入射面内并与晶体界面成任意角时光波p分量在单轴晶体表面反射和折射的相位特性.结果表明,光轴取向对相位变化有较大影响,光从光疏各向同性介质射入单轴晶体时,光轴方向改变反射光p分量的相位突变点,但对折射光p分量相位无影响.光从光密各向同性介质射入单轴晶体未发生全反射时,光轴方向同时影响p分量反射光和折射光的相位突变|发生全反射后,光轴方向影响反射光p分量的相位变化曲线.从单轴晶体出射到光疏各向同性介质未发生全反射时,光轴方向改变反射光p分量的相位跃变规律,折射光p分量在光轴方向和晶面成小角度时在布儒斯特角附近发生相位突变|发生全反射后,反射光p分量的相位变化曲线随光轴方向的改变发生较大变化.     

Robustness,Death of Spiral Wave in the Network of Neurons under Partial Ion Channel Block

The development of spiral wave in a two-dimensional square array due to partial ion channel block (Potas- sium, Sodium) is investigated, the dynamics of the node is described by Hodgkin-Huxley neuron and these neurons are coupled with nearest neighbor connection. The parameter ratio x Na (and xK ), which defines the ratio of working ion channel number of sodium (potassium) to the total ion channel number of sodium (and potassium), is used to measure the shift conductance induced by channel block. The distribution of statistical variable R in the two-parameter phase space (parameter ratio vs. poisoning area) is extensively calculated to mark the parameter region for transition of spiral wave induced by partial ion channel block, the area with smaller factors of synchronization R is associated the parameter region that spiral wave keeps alive and robust to the channel poisoning. Spiral wave keeps alive when the poisoned area (potassium or sodium) and degree of intoxication are small, distinct transition (death, several spiral waves coexist or multi-arm spiral wave emergence) occurs under moderate ratio x Na (and xK ) when the size of blocked area exceeds certain thresholds. Breakup of spiral wave occurs and multi-arm of spiral waves are observed when the channel noise is considered.     

光在Metasurface中的自旋-轨道相互作用

探讨了光在Metasurface中的自旋-轨道相互作用, 理论分析了Metasurface 对圆偏振和线偏振光的转换. 结果表明: 光与具有空间非均匀性和各向异性性的Metasurface的相互作用导致了自旋-轨道角动量的耦合. 采用Metasurface与螺旋相位片组合在一起进行了验证实验, 所得实验结果与理论分析完全一致. 这些结论有助于我们更加深入理解Metasurface 对光的操控.     

Compulsorily Phase Locked Interferometer Using Orthogonally Polarized Light Source of a Modulated LD with High Extinction Ratio

This paper describes a compulsorily phase locked differential interferometer using an orthogonally polarized light source of a modulated LD with high extinction ratio to reduce non-linearity of the interferometer caused by polarization cross-talk. The current modulated LD is used as a light source to make the interferometer compact and for the scanning phase of the interferometer. The interferometer is operated compulsorily at the maximum inclination point of the fringe intensity curve by fringe scanning and an electric system. A Wollaston prism of high extinction ratio (50 dB) is used to combine the polarizing beams and to make the polarization cross-talk very small. In one light source the polarized output beams are on the same propagation axis; in the other they have a small crossing angle (2.5 mrad ∼ 10 mrad) to completely exclude non-linearity of the interferometer causded by polarization cross-talk. Using jets of a gas mixture of nitrogen and ethylene, this interferometer was demonstrated to be useful in detecting the photothermal effect of a photothermal velocimeter under phase fluctuation in a turbulent flow.     

Light propagation and reflection-refraction event in absorbing media

The light propagation within an absorbing medium and the reflection and refraction at the interface of two absorbing media are studied. By using the unit vectors denoting the planes of constant field amplitude and constant phase respectively, the light propagation and attenuation are described by the effective refractive indices which depend on both the complex refractive index of the medium and the angle between the unit vectors. With the expression for the light propagation, the corresponding Snell＇s law and the expression of Fresnel coefficients are obtained, which can be applied to describe the reflection-refraction event at the interface between an arbitrary combination of transparent and absorbing media.     

Acoustic propagation from a spiral wave front source in an ocean environment

A spiral wave front source generates a pressure field that has a phase that depends linearly on the azimuthal angle at which it is measured. This differs from a point source that has a phase that is constant with direction. The spiral wave front source has been developed for use in navigation; however, very little work has been done to model this source in an ocean environment. To this end, the spiral wave front analogue of the acoustic point source is developed and is shown to be related to the point source through a simple transformation. This makes it possible to transform the point source solution in a particular ocean environment into the solution for a spiral source in the same environment. Applications of this transformation are presented for a spiral source near the ocean surface and seafloor as well as for the more general case of propagation in a horizontally stratified waveguide.     

Weakenings and redshifts induced by random propagation times

The crossing by light of a turbulent medium results in a random propagation time. We show that the broadening of monochromatic sources leads to a redshift for a part of the transmitted wave and a spreading for the other part. Gaussian shaped spectra and Gaussian propagation times allow to perform computations about the properties of the received wave. In particular, when it is possible to give a strong enough random character to the propagation, the shift parameter z can reach a sizeable amount, taking smooth hypotheses about the parameters of used Gaussian.