Surface plasmon polariton at the interface of dielectric and graphene medium using Kerr effect

We theoretically investigate the control of surface plasmon polariton(SPP) generated at the interface of dielectric and graphene medium under Kerr nonlinearity. The controlled Kerr nonlinear signal of probe light beam in a dielectric medium is used to generate SPPs at the interface of dielectric and graphene medium. The positive, negative absorption, and dispersion properties of SPPs are modified and controlled by the control and Kerr fields. A large amplification(negative absorption) is noted for SPPs under the Kerr nonlinearity. The normal/anomalous slope of dispersion and propagation length of SPPs is modified and controlled with Kerr nonlinearity. This leads to significant variation in slow and fast SPP propagation. The controlled slow and fast SPP propagation may predict significant applications in nano-photonics, optical tweezers, photovoltaic devices, plasmonster, and sensing technology.     

PtMn/Co多层膜的磁光特性研究

采用磁控溅射法制备了一系列的Mn掺杂的PtMn/Co多层膜.通过测量得到的磁光常数和光学常 数,计算介电张量的对角元和非对角元,得到在掺杂较大时,克尔角的变化是由于介电张量 的非对角元引起的;在掺杂量较小时,克尔角的变化是由介电张量的对角元和非对角元以及 光学常数的变化引起的.     

Fast dynamic Kerr-effect of lysozyme in solution

Dynamic Kerr effect and dielectric relaxation measurements were carried out for lysozyme at pH 4.7 and pH 7.7. From high dilution measurements we compute the shape of hydrodynamically equivalent ellipsoïd. Relaxation times corrected for viscosity effect are temperature dependent : this implies slight molecular shape variation. Denatured lysozyme relaxation is also observed before transition temperature.     

The subwavelength tuned magneto-optical Kerr effect in L1_0-FePt films with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy

For L10-FePt films with strong perpendicular anisotropy covered by arrays of hexagonal close-packed polystyrene spheres(PSSs),fine structures are observed in magneto-optical Kerr rotation spectra in the visible spectral range.The reflection minima are found to be located at the same wavelengths as the Kerr rotation peaks.The Kerr rotation enhancement is attributed to the excitation of both the surface plasmon polariton in the dielectric PSS/metal interface and the guide waves(guide mode)in the PSS array.The two-dimensional PSSs/SiO2/FePt system exhibiting a tunable magneto-optical Kerr effect and a high perpendicular magnetic anisotropy will be helpful for designing and fabricating magneto-optics devices.     

Enhancement of the Kerr effect in magnetooptical DyFeCo/GeO carriers

The optimum parameters of a dielectric layer near the substrate in the interference multilayer structure are calculated. The calculations showed that this layer should have the index of refraction n∼3. The results are presented of measuring the Kerr angle of magnetooptical rotation in the multilayer structure, in which GeO films were used as dielectric layers for the first time. The maximum Kerr angle of rotation and magnetooptical quality observed in this system were 0.75° and 0.34°, respectively. These values exceed those inherent in the known information carriers, which demonstrates the advantage of this structure for use in magnetooptical discs.     

Bistable nonspecular reflection at a nonlinear-linear local interface

Nonspecular reflection at a nonlinear-linear dielectric interface with local Kerr nonlinearity is analyzed. The Fresnel reflectivity and the variational solution are explicitly given in a closed form. Bistable switching of the interface is demonstrated by numerical simulations based on the monotonic iteration procedure.     

Low-threshold bistable reflection assisted by oscillating wave interaction with Kerr nonlinear medium

Owing to the enormously enhanced oscillating wave, a minute variation of the incident light intensity will give rise to a change in the dielectric constant of the Kerr nonlinear medium and lead to a bistable reflection with an ultra-low threshold intensity, which is closely related to the angle of incidence and the thickness of the Kerr nonlinear medium. The criterion for the existence of optical bistability is derived. Our bistability scheme is simple and not limited to the TM-polarization.     

Eigenvalue control and switching by fission of multisoliton bound states in planar waveguides

We report the results of numerical studies of the fission of N-soliton bound states at the interface formed by a Kerr nonlinear medium and a linear dielectric in a planar waveguide. A variety of effects are shown to occur, with applications to all-optical eigenvalue soliton control.     

Formation of soliton-like light beams in an aqueous suspension of polystyrene particles

A Kerr nonlinear medium consisting of an aqueous suspension of dielectric nanoparticles is used for the observation of continuous self-focusing of laser light. The minimum width of the soliton-like beam is measured in relation to the radiation power and the particle concentration. The possibilities of maximum narrowing of the beam in such a medium are discussed.     

Local Disorder in Ln2Ti2O7 (Ln = Gd,Tb, Dy) Pyrochlores

JETP Letters - The orientational dynamics in the isotropic phase of a comb-like nematic polymer with mesogenic and functional side groups is studied using the Kerr effect and dielectric...     

Non-linear propagation of laser beam and focusing due to self-action in optical fiber: Non-paraxial approach

A somewhat more general analysis for solving spatial propagation characteristics of intense Gaussian beam is presented and applied to the laser beam propagation in step-index profile as well as parabolic profile dielectric fibers with Kerr non-linearity. Considering self-action due to saturating and non-saturating non-linearity in the refractive index, a general theory has been developed without any kind of power series expansion for the dielectric constant as is usually done in other theories that make use of paraxial approximation. Result of the steady state self-focusing analysis indicates that the Kerr non-linearity acts as a perturbation on the radial inhomogeneity due to fiber geometry. Analysis indicates that the paraxial rays and peripheral rays focus at different points, indicating aberration effect. Calculated critical power matches with the experimentally reported result.     

Dielectric alignment of a non-polar molecule substituting a polar molecule in a lattice of molecular dipoles

The dielectric alignment of a dilute non-polar component in a polar solvent may be determined by NMR spectroscopy. In this paper a series expansion of the alignment up to second order terms in the dipolar interaction is presented for a non-polar molecule replacing a single polar molecule in a rigid lattice of molecular dipoles. Assuming isotropic polarizabilities for all molecules Van Vleck earlier applied the lattice model in a theory of the dielectric constant of a dilute solution.In the present calculation the polarizabilities of the non-polar molecule and the dipoles are assumed to be anisotropic and isotropic, respectively. The anisotropy of the non-polar molecule is relevant, since the value of the alignment is zero for the isotropic case. Different results are obtained for cubic lattices and for a lattice points are uniformly distributed.In absence of a rigid dipole moment of the solvent molecules the latter formula may be compared with that implicity deduced by Buckingham for the Kerr effect. In the limit of strong dipoles the orientation imposed by the rigid dipole moments appears to be the major contribution to the alignment of the non-polar molecule.     

Surface waves in a crystal with switching Kerr nonlinearity

In this paper, we explore transverse electric surface waves propagating along the crystal with jump change of Kerr nonlinearity in dependence on field amplitude. The dielectric permittivity in the proposed model of nonlinearity is characterized by abruptly changing unperturbed dielectric constant and Kerr nonlinearity coefficient from one value to another when field amplitude exceeds the threshold value of the switching field. This allows to find exact solutions of model equations in different cases of nonlinearity signs, and to obtain the dependence of wave characteristics, including total power flux, on effective refractive index in explicit form. Such solutions describe two new types of nonlinear surface waves with specific structure depending on electric field amplitude. We derive the conditions of surface domain formation. It is found that the largest percentage of radiation is concentrated within the domain.     

The Kerr constants and relaxation times in the isotropic phase of nematic homologous series

The anisotropy of the refractive index and of the dielectric constant for cyanobiphenyl homologous compounds has been measured. From these results, it is pointed out that the alternation of the Kerr constants and relaxation times with the carbon chain length are due to the variation of the coefficient a of the Landau expansion of the compounds.     

Plasmon beams interaction at interface between metal and dielectric with saturable Kerr nonlinearity

We present a novel theory of surface plasmon polariton interaction on the surface of dielectric with saturable Kerr nonlinearity. The effect of the total internal reflection of a weak signal plasmon beam from a high-power reference beam is discussed. Both ray and wave theories are used to describe signal propagation. The effect of the signal tunneling through the narrow inhomogeneity induced by the reference beam is considered.     

Diffraction of surface waves in metals and metamaterials

The diffraction of pulsed electromagnetic beams propagating along the interface between a dielectric and a metal or a metamaterial is investigated. The equation for slowly varying amplitudes of confined surface waves with a finite cross section size and duration is derived and solved. The dynamics of the diffractive-dispersive broadening of pulsed beams are examined. The conditions of surface dark soliton existence in media with Kerr nonlinearity are obtained.     

Vibration and the Kerr effect

The theory of the Kerr effect (electric birefringence) is developed with explicit inclusion of molecular vibration. When the theory is applied to CHCl₃ and CHF₃, it is found that terms with a vibrational origin are an important component of the β-hyperpolarizability extracted from temperature-dependent Kerr studies. It is concluded that these vibrational terms partly account for the difference between β obtained from second-harmonic-generation experiments and from the Kerr constant.     

双层膜极向Kerr效应的增强与其本征值之间的关系

应用相干光迭加的普遍原理，从理论上导出了双层膜情况下，介质增强后的极向Ｋｅｒｒ角（θ_k）与磁光介质本征的极向Ｋｅｒｒ角（θ⁰_k）之间关系的解析表达式，指出了光经玻璃衬底面入射到磁光介质时测量的Ｋｅｒｒ角θ_k与磁光介质本征Ｋｅｒｒ角θ⁰_k的不同，提出了一种简便的测量θ⁰_k的方法，并讨论了Ｋｅｒｒ角θ_k介质增强的物理原因，从理论上导出了等离子体吸收边情况下，双层膜的Ｋｅｒｒ角θ_k增强的关系式。 关键词：     

平板波导的非线性耦合

给出了两个平板波导耦合成的定向耦合器,当两波导的间隙为克尔型非线性人质时耦合系数与导波功率的关系的计算公式与计算步骤,给出了耦合区为自聚焦介质及自散焦介质两情况的计算实例,并对计算结果进行了讨论