强非局域非线性介质中的形变像散椭圆呼吸子

得到了强非局域非线性介质中的形变像散椭圆呼吸子的解析解, 并基于解析解讨论了这类呼吸子的演化性质. 在传输过程中光束在两个维度上仍保持高斯的形状, 但束宽与等相位面曲率均做两个维度上不同步的等周期演化. 当光束在两个维度上均为非束腰入射时, 不管功率如何, 光束的汇聚或发散惯性将继续保持一段距离, 继而形成二维异步同周期呼吸效应. 当光束在某方向上为束腰入射时则既可能形成二维异步呼吸, 也可能只有一维呼吸. 束宽的二维异步呼吸还导致了椭球等相位面曲率以及光斑椭圆率的周期性变化. 在二维束腰重合情况下, 椭圆率的最大值和最小值总是固定的且二者之积为1; 入射位置的变化不影响椭圆率最值, 但会影响椭圆率变化速度在一个周期内的分布均匀性和最大椭圆率出现的位置. 关键词： 形变呼吸子 像散 强非局域非线性介质     

Generation and weak beam control of two-dimensional multicolored arrays in a quadratic nonlinear medium

We report on the first experimental observation of 2D multicolored transverse arrays in a quadratic nonlinear medium under the pump of two crossly overlapped femtosecond beams. The 2D reproducible patterns are caused by cascaded noncollinear quadratic nonlinear couplings between the input pulses and quadratic spatial solitons originated from spatial breakup of one of the input beams with spatial ellipticity. A seed supercontinuum pulse is then diffracted and amplified with phase preservation, resulting in the formation of up-converted multicolor 2D transverse arrays. By seeding with weak second harmonic pulses, the 2D multicolored transverse patterns are suppressed due to weak beam control of the induced quadratic spatial solitons.     

部分偏振光通过透镜时的偏振像差分析

本文定量推导了轴上物点发出的部分偏振光通过透镜时其偏振度、偏振分量方位角和椭率角与透镜参数和入射光参量间的关系。对已知参数的透镜进行了定量计算，表明处于一定偏振状态的部分偏振光经透镜后其偏振度、偏振分量方位角和椭率角在出射光束截面上呈一定分布，产生偏振像差。给出了部分偏振光基本参量变化的数量级。指出在高精度光学测量中为避免透镜偏振像差影响，应尽可能减小光束半径和发散角。     

Reply to “Comment on ‘The Imbert-Fedorov shift of paraxial light beams’”

This is a reply to the Comment by Bliokh on our paper that appeared in Opt. Commun. 281 (2008) 3427. After a brief introduction of the representation theory of vector electromagnetic beams advanced in a recent paper, I point out that the Imbert-Fedorov effect is the evidence of the change of the beam parameter Θ and the polarization ellipticity σ caused by the reflection or transmission process in the linear approximation. Then I explain that it is because the linear approximation of the incident beam that we used in our paper had been assumed in previous works that we reproduced their results.     

Effect of the ellipticity of an inducing beam on the thermocapillary response

A thermocapillary depression is induced by a He-Ne laser beam in a plane-parallel layer of a transparent liquid on an absorbing substrate. The thermocapillary response is investigated as a function of the laser beam ellipticity, the laser power, and the layer thickness.     

Three linear probe polarization method in Mueller polarimetry with a source of arbitrary ellipticity

This is a study of the effect of the ellipticity of the polarization of radiation at the inlet of the shaping polarizer in the probe channel of a Mueller polarimeter operating with three linear probe polarizations on the accuracy with which the incomplete Mueller matrix is determined (without a fourth beam). It is shown that the appearance of and variations in the ellipticity cause a change in the conditions for optimization of the set of polarizations of the probe radiation from the standpoint of minimizing the measurement error. In the case of linear polarization (zero ellipticity), the measurement error is the same as the error when four probe polarizations are used. This allows measurement of the complete Mueller matrix and makes this version of the polarimeter especially promising, because in the input channel of the polarimeter, a single polarizing element, i.e., a linear polarizer with a controllable azimuthal orientation, can be used as the polarization transducer. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 75, No. 6, pp. 875–880, November–December, 2008.     

Quantum field theory of optical birefringence phenomena

The inverse Faraday effect, in which a magnetization is induced in a solution through which is passed a polarized light beam of arbitrary ellipticity, is discussed on the basis of the S-matrix formulation of optical birefringence. It is shown that the Faraday effect and the inverse Faraday effect are topologically identical problems of diagrammatic perturbation theory and so it follows automatically that the magnetization should be proportional to the Verdet constant. The optical Faraday effect is the circular birefringence induced by an intense circularly polarized beam of light propagated colinearly with the weak measuring beam: the electric vector of the circularly polarized beam interacts with the molecule in a way that resembles the interaction of a static magnetic field. The interrelations of these two effects and the normal Faraday effect the self-rotation of the polarization ellipse of an intense beam are discussed.     

非局域自散焦克尔介质中空间光暗孤子成丝的理论与实验研究

对非局域自散焦克尔介质中的空间光暗孤子成丝进行了研究. 理论上从非局域非线性理论模型出发, 数值模拟研究了非局域程度和吸收系数对暗孤子成丝的影响. 当入射背景光强一定时, 非局域程度越大成丝起始点越远、成丝数量越少; 而当入射背景光强与临界光强之比一定时, 非局域程度基本不影响成丝起始点以及成丝数量, 且非局域下的成丝数量与局域下一样. 此外, 当入射背景光强一定时, 吸收系数越大成丝数量越少. 实验上通过改变染料溶液的浓度以及背景光斑的椭圆率, 分别研究了样品浓度和背景光斑椭圆率对暗孤子成丝的影响. 当入射背景平均光强一定时, 样品浓度越小成丝数量越少, 背景光斑椭圆率越小成丝数量越少; 而当入射背景平均光强与临界光强之比一定时, 样品浓度基本不影响成丝数量. 在实验中还观察到了光学冲击波现象.     

Polarization properties of phase gratings recorded in a Bi12SiO20 crystal

Due to the co-existence of optical activity and linear birefringence in a Bi₁₂SiO₂₀ crystal, a phase gratting induced in this medium has many interesting and unusual properties. We study the ellipticity and orientation of the directly transmitted and diffracted beams as a function of the read-beam vector orientation. In image processing experiments the signal to noise ratio can be increased significantly by appropriately choosing the read-beam orientation such that the strong direct beam is linearly polarized and can be eliminated with the help of a polarizer.     

拉曼效应对低双折射光纤的偏振态演化分析

在准连续情况下, 通过求解低双折射光纤中含有拉曼效应的右旋与左旋圆偏振光所满足的耦合非线性薛定谔方程, 得到了归一化功率以及相位差的解析解. 利用解析解,推导出了椭圆率和方位角的表达式, 研究了拉曼效应和传输距离对偏振态演化的影响, 并用相平面法对椭圆率和方位角随着输入功率的变化进行了直观描述. 结果表明: 低双折射光纤在传输的过程中, 拉曼效应和传输距离都是影响其偏振态稳定性的因素, 均改变了椭圆率和方位角的演变周期以及振荡幅度.     

Beam combination setup for dual-frequency laser with orthogonal linear polarization

A beam combination setup for a dual-frequency laser with orthogonal linear polarization is proposed. It consists of two polarizing beam splitters(PBSs) whose polarization axes are orthogonal to each other. A theoretical analysis demonstrates that a combined dual-frequency laser beam with this setup strictly meets orthogonal linear relation. The experimental results show that compared with the conventional setup, the ellipticity and nonorthogonality of the combined dual-frequency laser beam are significantly reduced.     

Self-induced nonlinear polarization change of femtosecond laser pulse propagation in an optically isotropic glass

The self-induced polarization change of femtosecond laser pulses passing through an isotropic optical glass is investigated. It is shown that supercontinuum generations from femtosecond lasers tend to be identical for the incident beam with different polarizations ranging from a large-ellipticity to a linear state when the incident laser power increases. Theoretical analysis reveals that a transient intensity-dependent birefringence is induced in the glass sample by the laser pulse itself, and the accumulated nonlinear phase shift leads to a change in polarization ellipticity. Simulation results are consistent with the experimental observations. PACS 42.50.Md; 42.65.Jx; 42.81.Gs; 77.22.Ej     

Z-scan analysis of high-order nonlinear refraction effect induced by using elliptic Gaussian beam

The irradiance of an elliptic Gaussian beam that is high enough to excite high-order nonlinear refraction effect is used to calculate the normalized on-axis transmittance function in the z-scan technique by introducing complex beam parameters which make the calculation simpler. The transmittance formula is applied to the first-, first two-, and first three-order nonlinearities. Numerical evaluation shows that the symmetry no longer holds when using an elliptic Gaussian beam instead of a circular Gaussian beam. A distortion is observed in the central part of the curve, which decreases as ellipticity increases. Moreover, the variation of the normalized peak-valley difference decreases as ellipticity decreases.     

离轴椭圆矢量光场传输中的光斑演变

对离轴椭圆矢量光场的传输特性进行了研究. 推导出离轴椭圆矢量光场在自由空间传输电场和光强的解析表达式. 数值分析结果表明, 离轴高阶圆柱矢量光场具有非对称的光强分布, 传输后的光强分布由传输距离、错位位移、椭圆率决定. 在传输过程中除了光斑会展宽外, 光场中的暗斑会逐渐消失, 最终趋于一种稳态光强分布; 相对于初入射平面的椭圆光斑, 稳态椭圆光斑长短轴互换了. 研究结果有助于深入理解离轴情况下椭圆矢量光场的动态传输特性, 同时可以指导实际椭圆矢量光场的校准.     

TEMPORAL BEHAVIOR OF PHASE-CONJUGATE OUTPUTS IN A COHERENTLY INDUCED PHASE CONJUGATOR

The temporal behavior of the bidirectional phase-conjugate outputs from a coherently induced phase conjugator has been observed on a Cu-doped barium strontium potassium sodium niobate crystal. In our experiment, the phase-conjugate outputs of two incident beams vary smoothly with time if the beam ratio is large. When the beam ratio is reduced, however, each phase conjugate output will experience a temporal fluctuation. The phase-conjugate output characteristic is found to be dependent on the beam ratio of the two input beams, their positions, their beam-path-length difference and sometimes the input order of the two beams. We present a model of multi-region-interaction to explain the operation of the device and the experimental results in this paper.     

Effect of random orthogonal-mode coupling on polarization characteristics of monomode fibers (MF) and MF-based ring interferometers part IV. Zero drift in simplified fiber ring interferometers with nonmonochromaticradiation depolarizers

We considered four fiber-ring-interferometer (FRI) schemes without polarizers made of weakly anisotropic monomode fibers which differ from one another in the location of depolarizer of nonmonochromatic Lyot radiation from a highly anisotropic MF. The results of calculations conducted by numerical simulation with allowance for the h-parameter of the circuit and depolarizer MF show that the FRI zero drift is practically the same for all the four FRI circuits and strongly depends on the accuracy of setting of the angle of mutual orientation of the Lyot depolarizer elements. If the Lyot depolarizer is located at the FRI input (before the first beam splitter or between the first and second beam splitters), the interference signal fadings at the FRI output are practically not eliminated. If, however, the Lyot depolarizer is inside the FRI circuit (at one of its ends or in the middle), the interference signal fadings are, in practice, entirely eliminated, which makes these FRI circuits preferable.Institute of Applied Physics and Institute of Microstructure Physics Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 38, No. 12, pp. 1293–1304, December, 1995.     

Beam reshaping by use of spatial solitons in the quadratic nonlinear medium KTP

We have demonstrated the transformation of elliptical beams into cylindrically symmetric beams through the formation of quadratic spatial solitons. By use of type II phase-matched second-harmonic generation in a KTP crystal, input elliptical beams with aspect ratios as large as 8:1 were propagated through the KTP crystal, and they exited the crystal as a cylindrically symmetric beam. The threshold for soliton formation and the power throughput were measured versus ellipticity.     

Thermally induced self-focusing and optical beam interactions in planar strontium barium niobate waveguides

We present an experimental study of thermally induced self-focusing effects and interactions of incoherent light beams in strontium barium niobate waveguides. Depending on the input power, a single parallel beam is strongly focused inside the sample up to diameters of several micrometers. For higher input power we observe the splitting of the beam in a sequence of several spots. We demonstrate that these thermally induced refractive-index patterns can be used to focus and deflect an incoherent guided probe beam in the waveguide with time constants below 1 ms.     

Ellipticity dependence of high-order harmonic generation from aligned molecules

We report ellipticity dependence of high-order harmonic generation (HHG) from aligned N2, O2, and CO2 molecules. Experimentally, we find that the ellipticity dependence is sensitive to molecular alignment and to the shape and symmetry of the valence orbitals. It is also found that the destructive interference in the recombination process affects the ellipticity dependence. Theoretically, we extend the original Lewenstein model to a more generalized model, which can be applicable to HHG from molecules, by introducing an electron acceleration parameter xi(theta) and by combining the molecular orbital method. The present observations are successfully explained by our model.