Saturated optical absorption by slow molecules in hollow-core photonic band-gap fibers

We report on saturated absorption in a hollow-core photonic band-gap fiber filled with 12C2H2 molecules. We find that slow molecules provide a major contribution to the signal in the limit of low optical power and low pressure where the signal deviates significantly from the usual Lorentzian line shape. In particular, we observe a linewidth reduction of about 3 times as compared to the transit-time limited linewidth.     

Low-light-level optical interactions with rubidium vapor in a photonic band-gap fiber

We show that rubidium vapor can be produced within the core of a photonic band-gap fiber yielding an optical depth in excess of 2,000. Our technique for producing the vapor is based on coating the inner walls of the fiber core with organosilane and using light-induced atomic desorption to release Rb atoms into the core. As an initial demonstration of the potential of this system for supporting ultralow-level nonlinear optical interactions, we perform electromagnetically induced transparency with control-field powers in the nanowatt regime, which represents more than a 1,000-fold reduction from the power required for bulk, focused geometries.     

Transmission loss and dispersion in plastic terahertz photonic band-gap fibers

We present an investigation into the transmission loss and dispersion of terahertz waves in plastic photonic band-gap fibers having a cladding with a finite number of air hole rings. The leakage loss and absorption loss caused by background material are analyzed by a full-vectorial two-dimensional finite difference frequency domain method and the lowest power transmission loss of 6.126 dB/m at 1.75 THz is realized. Numerical results show that a larger diameter-to-pitch ratio is suitable for lower transmission loss and lower group-velocity dispersion in plastic terahertz photonic band-gap fibers. PACS 41.20.Jb; 41.20.Cv; 42.81.Dp     

Analytical design of photonic band-gap fibers and their dispersion characteristics

The paper essentially deals with the analysis of photonic band-gap fibers in analogy with the electron wave motion in periodic crystal lattice. As such, the analyses are based on Bloch formulation. The dispersion characteristics of such fibers are presented by considering some illustrative values of design parameters. The effect of design parameters on the dispersion characteristics is also presented in terms of the variation of widths of allowed and forbidden bands of band-gap fibers. It is found that the number of allowed bands increases with the increase in difference between refractive indices of different layers. Further, widths of the allowed and forbidden bands increase with the increase in layer thickness.     

Tunable photonic delay lines in optical fibers

A comprehensive overview is presented about optical fiber‐based tunable photonic delay lines, which have been steadily developed over the last decade for the realization of all‐optically controlled timing functions. The most widely used techniques, such as those based on slow & fast light and wavelength conversion associated to dispersion, are described and their physical limitations are discussed in terms of the maximal achievable delay, the associated signal distortion and signal bandwidth. Besides, an entirely different approach for all‐optical signal delaying is introduced. This technique is based on movable grating reflectors dynamically generated in highly birefringent optical fibers. This type of delay line has experimentally demonstrated large tunable delaying with a moderate signal distortion for high capacity optical data streams and even for wideband analog signals.     

Effective Kerr nonlinearity and two-color solitons in photonic band-gap fibers filled with a Raman active gas

We predict a strong effective Kerr nonlinearity in hollow-core photonic crystal fibers filled with a Raman active gas which exceeds the intrinsic Kerr nonlinearity by 2 orders of magnitude. Two-color bright-bright and dark-bright solitons supported by this nonlinearity are found and the feasibility of their experimental observation is demonstrated.     

Dispersion-managed soliton interactions in optical fibers

We simulated dispersion-managed soliton propagation and interaction in optical fibers. The energy-enhancement factor, together with the time-bandwidth product and the stretching factor, were calculated as a function of the difference in absolute values of accumulated dispersion in the fiber spans. The interaction strength of the dispersion-managed solitons was found to depend on the stretching factor. When this factor is less than 1.5, the interaction is weaker than for ideal solitons. When it is more than 1.5, there is a strong interaction between the pulses, which constrains the energy enhancement for practical applications.     

具有变态光子带隙结构的相对论Cherenkov辐射源的研究

提出了一种变态光子带隙结构,研究了由这种结构构成的周期慢波系统的Cherenkov辐射源的特性. 利用高频仿真软件以及三维粒子模拟软件对变态及常态光子带隙慢波系统中类TM₀₁模的色散特性及注-波互作用物理过程进行了模拟研究. 结果表明,在变态光子带隙慢波系统中,类TM₀₁模纵向场分量沿角向分布均匀性得到明显改善,能有效抑制非对称模式,提高输出频谱纯度及注-波互作用效率. 关键词： Cherenkov辐射源 变态光子带隙结构 慢波系统 三维粒子模拟     

Fundamental nonlinear-optical interactions in photonic fibers: Time-spectral visualization

The nonlinear dynamics of optical signals propagating in fibers or waveguides can be quite complex. Many nonlinear regimes manifest themselves in spectral transformations observed at the output of the fiber. Such time-integrated measurements are severely limiting, however, and, thus, a number of time spectrally resolved techniques have been developed in the past. One of the simplest and most versatile appears to be the cross-correlation frequency-resolved optical gating (X-FROG), because it offers high sensitivity, broad bandwidth, and produces very intuitive two-dimensional spectrograms showing relative temporal positions of various frequency components comprising the output signal. Indeed, certain experiments described in this article can only be performed with X-FROG. For others, X-FROG offers better insight into the fundamental physics of nonlinear interactions; yet others yield beautiful and visually stunning images. Some of the fundamental non-linear-optical interactions in waveguides, such as soliton formation and propagation, soliton stabilization and the emission of Cherenkov continuum, resonant scattering of continuous waves on solitons, and the supercontinuum generation have been visualized with X-FROG and are summarized in this article.     

Broadening of band-gap in photonic crystals with optically saturated media

Due to strong absorption of the incident light, the media with high refractive index are considered restrictive for applications in photonic crystals (PhCs). The possibility to resolve this problem by optical saturation effectively minimizing the absorption of the PhC medium is discussed. Such approach might be promising for the significant broadening of the photonic band-gap.     

Resonant electronic energy transfer from excitons confined in silicon nanocrystals to oxygen molecules

We demonstrate efficient resonant energy transfer from excitons confined in silicon nanocrystals to molecular oxygen (MO). Quenching of photoluminescence (PL) of silicon nanocrystals by MO physisorbed on their surface is found to be most efficient when the energy of excitons coincides with triplet-singlet splitting energy of oxygen molecules. The dependence of PL quenching efficiency on nanocrystal surface termination is consistent with short-range resonant electron exchange mechanism of energy transfer. A highly developed surface of silicon nanocrystal assemblies and a long radiative lifetime of excitons are favorable for achieving a high efficiency of this process.     

Dynamic behaviors of optical vortices in dual-core photonic crystal fibers

Novel evolution dynamics of optical vortices propagating in a dual-core photonic crystal fiber (PCF) is investigated, which can be explained well by using the equivalent dipole mode superposition principle. Thanks to the coupling between the two cores of PCF, exciting vorticity splitting and topological charge-flipping are achieved by inducing a vortex beam into one of the two cores of the PCF. What is more, the evolutions of two vortices located in each core separately can be controlled by means of modulating the initial phase difference of them. Our results may offer possibilities for applications of optical vortices, orbital angular momentum modulations, as well as optical communications.     

Integrating liquid crystal based optical devices in photonic crystal fibers

Liquid crystal photonic bandgap fibers form a versatile and robust platform for designing optical fiber devices, which are highly tunable and exhibit novel optical properties for manipulation of guided light. We present fiber devices for spectral filtering and polarization control/analysis.     

亚波长直径光纤的光学传输特性及其应用

通过高温下的物理拉伸方法，可以直接将玻璃材料拉细成亚波长或纳米直径的光纤。所获得的光纤具有很好的直径均匀度和表面光滑度，可用于低损耗光传输，并可在可见和近红外光学传输中表现出强光场约束、倏逝波传输和大波导色散等特性，在光通信、传感和非线性光学等领域具有良好的应用前景。     

Calculation of optical properties of hollow-core photonic crystal fibers

We propose a method for calculation of the bandgaps in the cladding of hollow-core photonic crystal fibers, based on the Floquet theorem. The effectiveness of the approach is confirmed by estimates of the effect of the number of air channels in the cladding on attenuation of the fiber modes due to mode energy leakage from the core. We have studied the conditions for the existence of eigenmodes in the indicated fibers. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 76, No. 2, pp. 311–320, March–April, 2009.     

Grating-assisted coupling of optical fibers and photonic crystal waveguides

We propose and analyze a highly efficient method of coupling light from optical fibers to two-dimensional photonic crystal waveguides. Efficient coupling is achieved by positioning of a tapered fiber parallel to the linear defect, where the photonic crystal's cladding functions as a grating coupler and provides field confinement as well. Numerical simulations indicate that better than 90% transmission is possible with a full width at half-magnitude bandwidth of 12nm. It is shown that one can increase the bandwidth by increasing the field overlap between the two waveguides.     

Few-photon all-optical modulation in a photonic band-gap fiber

We demonstrate 25% all-optical modulation with <20 photons, i.e., a few attojoules of energy, using nondegenerate two-photon absorption in rubidium atoms confined to a hollow-core photonic band-gap fiber. An attenuation of up to 3 dB is induced on an optical field with a switching energy density of less than one photon per (λ(2)/2π). We show that the temporal response of the system is determined by the 5-ns transit time of the atoms across the optical mode of the fiber, which results in a modulation bandwidth up to 50 MHz.     

Torque on birefringence in one-dimensional finite photonic band-gap structure with defects

We theoretically study the optical torque on the layers in one-dimensional finite photonic crystal with birefringent defect layers. The fields in each layer are deduced by Berreman's 4 × 4-matrix method. We found out that the strong electromagnetic fields enhance both torque and force on the layers at defect mode. These investigations suggest an efficient method to construct the micro-motor driven by electromagnetic wave.     

Characteristics of terahertz slow-wave system with two-dimensional photonic band-gap structure

A terahertz slow-wave system model consists of a photonic crystal with two-dimensional band-gap structure and a slow-wave plate as its periodic unit. The electromagnetic field in the slow-wave system has been numerically simulated. The dispersion relation and the coupled impedance of the backward wave mode in the system have been calculated for a variety of geometric settings. The results indicate that this model would be a promising candidate for the slow-wave system with single stable backward wave mode.     

基于补偿型微带谐振单元的一维光子带隙结构

提出了一种具有光子带隙(PBG)性能的补偿型微带谐振单元(C-CMRC)，通过并联两个开路微带线来补偿CMRC结构在低频通带内因为阻抗不平衡而引起的回波损耗，从而减小插入损耗，并且该C-CMRC谐振结构具有更强的慢波效应和更大的禁带宽度.利用该结构谐振单元的慢波效应，设计具有一维PBG性能的低通滤波器，重复周期仅为0.15λ_g.与普通的0.5λ_g周期的PBG结构相比，大大减小了电路面积.实际设计、制作和测试了CMRC和C-CMRC两种结构，通过两种结构的测试结果 关键词： 补偿型微带谐振单元 慢波 禁带 光子带隙