光折变空间孤子研究进展

光折变空间孤子是目前非线性光学领域的热点课题之一.光折变空间孤子以其低功率、快响应和强非线性效应等特点以及在全光开关、光波导、光互联等方面的潜在应用而受到人们的关注.文章详细介绍了光折变空间孤子的产生机制并综述其研究历史及发展现状.     

光折变空间光孤子的顶侧面观测法

基于CCD图像采集技术与计算机软件处理技术，提出了空间光孤子的顶侧面观测法.此方法能够非常直观地显示出光孤子在晶体内部传输时，在水平及垂直方向上不同位置的轮廓图.用这种方法观测到了KNSBN晶体中的二维光伏明孤子，观测结果与理论模拟结果相一致.     

光折变介质中的空间孤子

本文介绍了光折变空间光孤子的研究历史及发展现状 ,说明了不同类型的光折变空间光孤子的产生条件、物理机理及特性 ,描述并分析了它们之间的相互作用行为 ,最后还展望了它们的应用前景。     

双光子光折变晶体中两分量矢量空间孤子

为了研究外加偏压双光子光折变晶体中的矢量空间孤子,建立了矢量空间孤子的动态演化方程,给出了矢量空间孤子数值解.采用数值模拟的方法,求解矢量空间孤子的数值表达式,理论预言了稳态条件下亮-亮、暗-暗自耦合矢量空间孤子的存在|同时,数值求解演化方程,分析了亮-亮自耦合矢量空间孤子的演化特性.数值结果表明,无论两孤子分量的强度近似相等还是有较大差别,这些自耦合矢量空间孤子都可以由数值积分程序给出.亮-亮、暗-暗自耦合矢量空间孤子在双光子光折变晶体中稳定存在.     

非对称光折变全息空间光孤子的存在曲线

证明了在加外电场的光折变晶体中存在非对称全息空间光孤子对，其特征是孤子对中的两个 孤子具有相同的宽度、不同的振幅.给出了这种孤子对的存在曲线，其中存在三个具有不同 特征的区域：对于给定的外加电场来说，当孤子对中两个孤子的入射峰值强度之和与背景光 强度之比足够大或者足够小时，孤子宽度强烈依赖于这个比值，而在此中间的一段区域，孤 子宽度几乎不随这个比值而变化.非对称情况下这个中间区域的范围比对称情况的窄. 关键词： 空间光孤子 光折变非线性光学 全息光栅     

奇妙的空间光孤子

空间光孤子是当今非线性光学前沿的热点之一,在介绍稳态光孤子的形成机理之后,文章重点评述了空间光孤子奇特的相互作用行为以及它们在光控制光诸方面的应用前景。此外,文章还介绍了非相干光空间光孤子方面的最新动态。     

外加电场光折变有机聚合物串联回路中独立空间孤子对

对外加电场光折变有机聚合物串联回路中独立空间孤子对进行了理论研究,导出了在光折变有机聚合物串联回路中两光束传播的耦合方程,证明了串联回路中存在暗-暗、明-暗和明-明三种独立空间孤子对.在光束的空间展宽远小于有机聚合物宽度的极限条件下,暗-暗孤子对之间孤子入射光强的改变可相互影响到对方的包络和动态演化.对于明-暗孤子对,暗孤子通过光电流能影响明孤子,但明孤子不能影响暗孤子.明-明孤子对之间没有影响. 关键词： 非线性光学 光折变效应 光折变聚合物 空间孤子对     

含分压电阻的光折变屏蔽光伏空间灰孤子(英文)

为了研究外加偏压光伏光折变晶体中的空间灰孤子,建立了含分压电阻的光折变屏蔽光伏空间灰孤子的演化方程,给出了灰孤子解.采用数值模拟的方法,求解灰孤子的数值表达式,得到了不同参量取值下的灰孤子包络.数值结果表明:当分压电阻、晶体的外加电场和光伏场取不同值时,可以分别得到有无分压电阻的屏蔽灰孤子;开路的光伏灰孤子,有、无分压电阻的闭路光伏灰孤子;有、无分压电阻的屏蔽光伏灰孤子.     

光折变明孤子的自偏转演化特性

利用一维稳态光折变空间光孤子的统一理论，研究了负载电阻对屏蔽、光伏和屏蔽光伏明孤子自偏转特性的影响。结果表明，无论加载电阻与否，这三种类型的光折变明孤子具有类似的自偏转特性，即孤子波沿一个抛物线轨迹运动。调节负载电阻可以改变孤子的偏转幅度，其中屏蔽光伏明孤子的可调范围最大。     

由光折变空间孤子写入并存储波导的研究

概述了光折变空间孤子的主要类型及其特点，实现空间孤子和由它写入波导的基本原理，方法以及国内外研究现状，并展望了它的发展前景。     

Photorefractive polymeric optical spatial solitons

We predict the formation of optical spatial solitons in photorefractive polymers. The orientational enhancement from the doped chromophores and the dependency of the quantum efficiency of generating mobile holes on the electric field make the polymeric solitons behave differently from other photorefractive solitons.     

Photorefractive spatial solitons as waveguiding elements for optical telecommunication

Spatial solitons permit optical waveguiding. This holds true for the soliton write beam (i.e. the driving laser beam), as well as for additional probe beams, which may carry optically encoded information. This feature of spatial solitons is of significant interest for applications in optical telecommunication. We present systematic experimental investigations on single and multiple spatial solitons in the infrared spectral regime (i.e. around optical telecommunication wavelengths), applied as controllable all-optical devices. In particular, we present the implementations of a Y-coupler as an optical signal divider, a switchable Y-coupler as an optical add multiplexer, and a novel design for a 1 × 3 optical beam switch, i.e. applied as a router for infrared signal beams. We report large waveguiding efficiencies up to 40% and transmission rates of 90 Tbit/s in our setups. The presented experimental data are confirmed by numerical simulations.     

Photorefractive solitons embedded in gratings in centrosymmetric crystals

We investigate (1+1D) spatial optical solitons embedded in a fixed-volume grating in centrosymmetric photorefractive crystals. We numerically identify a two-parameter soliton family and deduce both its existence surface and soliton profiles. For shallow gratings, the soliton Fourier spectrum exhibits three lobes located at the reciprocal lattice points -K, 0, and K. Soliton trapping is a consequence of both the self-induced nonlinear waveguide and the grating reflectivity, which prevents the breakaway of the lateral components. To provide a preliminary evaluation of soliton stability, we also investigate the propagation of slightly perturbed soliton profiles.     

Optical spatial solitons

Optical and Quantum Electronics - It is almost common knowledge now that particles also possess properties of waves. But, can localized wave-packets behave and interact like particles? This article...     

Subwavelength spatial solitons

We analyze the effects of additional terms in the nonlinear Schr?dinger equation for spatial solitons, directly derived from the Maxwell's equations with the Kerr nonlinearity, on the shapes of bright and dark solitons with a fixed polarization. Combining analytical and numerical methods, we find that the additional terms always render the solitons broader. The most essential result is a fundamental limitation on the width of the subwavelength soliton: The ratio of the FWHM of the bright soliton to the wavelength cannot be smaller than 1/2, and the same ratio for the FWHM of the dark soliton cannot be smaller than 1/4.     

Circulating spatial solitons

A class of optical spatial solitons exhibiting propagation in a closed-loop orbit in a two-dimensional plane is presented. A closed-form particlelike model is derived, indicating that the quasi-centrifugal force acting on these solitons can be balanced by an inhomogeneity in the nonlinear index of refraction. Specifically, a circular-shaped nonlinear interface is shown to facilitate stable orbital propagation of solitons that carve their own circular cavity for a wide range of nonlinearity parameters.     

Quadratic spatial solitons

Quadratic spatial solitons, beams that propagate unchanged in shape and magnitude, are supported by second order optical nonlinearities and can occur in all wave mixing processes under appropriate conditions. They are multi-component, consisting of all the frequency components that are coupled by a second order nonlinear interaction near a phase-matching condition. They have been observed in a number of bulk crystalline media, in LiNbO₃ slab waveguides and in arrays of parallel, weakly coupled, LiNbO₃ channel waveguides. The properties of the solitons and their excitation will be reviewed. To cite this article: G.I. Stegeman, C. R. Physique 8 (2007).     

Slow-light spatial solitons

We numerically and experimentally report the observation of slow-light spatial solitons in a Kerr medium owing to light amplification by stimulated Raman scattering. This was achieved in a CS2 nonlinear planar waveguide that possesses both a strong self-focusing nonlinearity to generate the spatial Raman soliton and a Raman susceptibility sharp enough to induce the slow-light process simultaneously. We show that the Raman Stokes component is optically delayed by more than 120 ps for a 140 ps Raman pulse duration and only 3 cm of propagation length, while propagating as a spatial soliton beam.