Controlling the optical bistability and multistability in a two-level pumped-probe system

We study the behavior of the optical bistability (OB) and multistability (OM) in a two-level pumped-probe atomic system by means of a unidirectional ring cavity. We show that the optical bistability in a two-level atomic system can be controlled by adjusting the intensity of the pump field and the detuning between two fields. We find that applying the pumping field decreases the threshold of the optical bistability.     

Noise-induced quasiperiodicity in a ring of unidirectionally-coupled nonidentical maps

Transitions from equilibrium to quasiperiodicity and from a two-cycle to a quasiperiodic regime are studied in a ring of unidirectionally-coupled nonidentical logistic maps. The former scenario is realized through a “soft” (Neimark–Sacker) bifurcation, while the latter through a “hard” (saddle-node) bifurcation. Special attention is paid on a noise-induced transition through “hard” bifurcation, where a phenomenon of structural stabilization of the quasiperiodic system near the bifurcation point is observed and analyzed in detail.     

光学双稳性的强迫振动模型

本文提出一个新的光学双稳性模型.基于平均场近似,慢变振幅近似和绝热近似的思想,把光学双稳系统看成一个“黑箱”,类比非线性振动理论,指出不同的光学双稳过程(包括不同的工作物质和不同的腔(F-P腔或环腔)),能用一个恰当的强迫振动方程统一地描述.方程中所包含的都是可测量的宏观参量,使得可能直接用实验拟合,与理论结果进行定量对照.用振动理论的方法,把方程演变成自治方程组,从而方便地得到光学双稳性稳态和动态解的一般形式.并用若干已报道的具体例子验证了这个模型的普适性.     

Effects of saturation on optical bistability with coupled surface plasmons

We present exact numerical results for a symmetric layered medium (prism/Ag film/nonlinear dielectric/Ag film/prism) where the middle dielectric slab is assumed to have a saturation-type nonlinearity. We show bistable behaviour in the power dependence of the reflectivity ofp-polarized light under the condition when coupled surface modes are excited in the structure. Moreover, we study the effect of saturation on the bistable behaviour to show that multivalued character is inhibited by saturation effects. The field distributions corresponding to the minimum reflectivity states of the nonlinear structure are also presented.     

Optical bistability using quantum coherence in a microwave-driven four-level atomic system

The behavior of the optical bistability (OB) is investigated in an optical system which consists of a four-level atomic system with a microwave drive field and an optical cavity. It is found that the optical bistability can be accomplished by adjusting different physical parameters in both steady and transient process. Due to the existence of the microwave drive field, the optical bistability can be also obtained even under weak coherent coupling field condition. Since the intensity and phase of microwave drive field can be conveniently modulated, this optical system provides a new experimental method to test the optical bistability theory.     

Influence of frequency noise on nascent hysteresis in optical bistability

We study the influence of frequency noise on optical bistability in the neighborhood of the critical point where the hysteresis loop appears. We show that when the transmitted field evolves on a faster time scale than that of the noise, the hysteresis loop shifts toward lower values of the incident pumping field.     

高吸收ZnSe多晶无镜光学双稳的实验观测

本文对具高吸收的ZnSe多晶材料的增加吸收型光学双稳性进行了实验观测,发现在介质的吸收远高于过去提出的理论判据时,仍能获得双稳输出,并测定了阈值开关功率与光斑尺寸及样品厚度的关系.采用分层模型分析实验结果,定性地解释了实验现象.     

光学双稳与混沌实验

借助自主研制的"液晶光电混合型光学双稳与混沌系统"研究了光学双稳态与混沌运动的一般规律.在有反馈的条件下,对于1个入射光强,存在着2个不同的透射光强,并以滞后迴线形式为特征,即系统呈现双稳态.依然在有反馈的条件下,系统的运动状态随着延迟时间的增加,由周期振荡、倍周期分岔演化到混沌,而且,混沌对于初始值具有高度敏感性.     

Numerical analysis of waveguide-enhanced optical bistability

We present the results of a simulation study of a multilayer structure for which strongly enhanced (resonant) electric fields are produced at the surface of, and in the interior of, a planar waveguide which is evanescently coupled to an incoming beam in a prism geometry. The resulting field enhancements can far exceed those associated with the well-known surface plasmon resonance in a typical silver film excited in the conventional attenuated total reflection geometry. Simulations are performed for optical bistability for the case of a typical YAG laser beam coupled to a zinc oxide (ZnO) waveguide, demonstrating that the effect should occur for reasonable values of the parameters involved.     

Optical bistability of a composite system induced by a broadband squeezed vacuum

A composite system consisting of a degenerate optical parametric oscillator （DOPO） and N two-level atoms interacting with a broadband squeezed vacuum （SV） centred at frequency cas and an input monochromatic pumping field with a frequency ωp is analysed. The corresponding explicit analytical steady-state solutions in the central mode ωp = ωs are derived, and the result displays optical bistability （OB）. In addition, the influence of the broadband SV on the bistable behaviour is analysed in detail.     

Influence of nonlinear absorption effects on optical bistability in semiconductor ring resonators

We present a theoretical investigation of optical bistability in a nonlinear semiconductor ring resonator, by taking into account the two-photon absorption and the free-carrier absorption. By solving the intensity equation within the ring resonator, a parametric formulation is obtained for describing the bistability relation between the input and the output intensities. Numerical results show that the nonlinear absorption effects can affect the critical points and domain of the optical bistability.     

金属/电介质颗粒复合介质光学双稳的温度效应

应用有效媒质近似，结合自洽平均场理论和谱表示方法，研究了金属电介质颗粒复合介质的光学双稳行为与温度的关系.数值计算了不同的入射频率、体积分数和形状因子下光学双稳的温度效应，结果发现，温度对光学双稳的产生、双稳阈值及阈值宽度有很大影响. 关键词： 复合介质 光学双稳 谱表示 温度     

Optical bistability in plasmonic nanoparticles: Effect of size,shape and embedding medium

We theoretically investigate the optical bistability, which one input signal allows two possible outputs, from single spherical/cylindrical nanoparticles and also nanoshells in the frame work of quasi-static formalism. It is shown that the bistability behavior greatly depends on several parameters such as the nanoparticle size, material and the surrounding dielectric environment. We demonstrated the width of the bistability region and also the bistable threshold depends on the geometrical parameters, and can be tuned by adjusting the size of nanoparticle, the shell thickness and the dielectric constant of the embedding medium. It is also shown that the optical bistable behavior depends strongly on the shape of plasmonic nanoparticles and nanoshells. However, these dependences of optical bistability of spherical/cylindrical nanoparticles and nanoshells on changing of their geometrical parameters can be used for realize optical switching and sensing purposes.     

窄禁带半导体的非线性极化率和光学双稳性

本文改进了半导体两带模型,计算了窄禁带半导体的非线性极化率.运用所求得的极化率,研究了InSb的光学双稳性,所得到的稳态曲线、临界开关光强与入射光频率的关系以及动态特性都与实验结果有较好的符合.     

带壳颗粒复合介质光学双稳的温度效应

研究非稀释极限下带壳的球形颗粒复合介质体系光学双稳的温度效应.其中带壳颗粒是由具有线性响应的核和非线性响应的壳层组成.由于复合体系中的空间局域场是不均匀的,所以应用自洽平均场理论,解析推导核内电场平方的空间平均值与外电场的关系表达式,并对不同温度及不同结构参数下的光学双稳进行了数值计算.结果表明,双稳与温度T、结构参数k和体积分数f有关.在k和f一定时,随温度的升高,双稳效应因上阈值减小、下阈值增大而逐渐减弱,直至双稳消失;在T和f一定时,随结构参数的增大,上、下阈值都增大,而上阈值的增速较大从而导致双稳区域宽度加大. 关键词： 带壳颗粒 复合介质 光学双稳 温度效应     

基于光纤Fabry-Perot滤波器的电光混合光学双稳态

提出了一种新型的电光混合光纤光学双稳装置,它由波长为1.55μm带尾纤的DFB半导体激光器、全光纤可调谐Fabry_Perot滤波器和电光反馈电路构成。实验中通过改变输入光强实现了光学双稳运转。讨论了该双稳器件在激光光强稳定器和光纤传感器方面的应用。     

Noticeable positive Doppler effect on optical bistability in an N-type active Raman gain atomic system

We theoretically investigate the Doppler effect on optical bistability in an N-type active Raman gain atomic system inside an optical ring cavity.It is shown that the Doppler effect can greatly enhance the dispersion and thus create the bistable behaviour or greatly increase the bistable region,which has been known as the positive Doppler effect on optical bistability.In addition,we find that a positive Doppler effect can change optical bistability from the hybrid dispersion-gain type to a dispersive type.     

Third harmonic generation in layered media in presence of optical bistability of the fundamental

We study third harmonic generation in layered configuration when the fundamental exhibits bistable response. We consider two geometries, namely, a Fabry-Perot cavity with reflection coatings and a distributed feedback structure with alternate nonlinear layers. In both the cases for suitable choice of frequency, the power response at the fundamental frequency is bistable. We show that bistability of the fundamental leads to a multivalued character of the generated third harmonic in both the forward and backward directions. Moreover, we study frequency response in the case of the Fabry-Perot cavity and show that additional structures arise in the generated third harmonic due to frequency bistability of the fundamental. Our calculations suggest the possibility of an all optical switch at third harmonic frequency controlled by the parameters (like intensity, frequency) of the fundamental.     

掺Yb钒酸盐晶体激光振荡中的光学双稳态现象研究

研究了三种掺Yb钒酸盐晶体Yb:LuVO4,Yb:YVO4和Yb:GdVO4的激光振荡中所呈现的光学双稳态效应.以晶体所吸收的抽运功率表征的双稳区宽度ΔPabs可超过1W,在双稳区高功率一侧的边界,即激光振荡的上阈值点,出现激光输出功率的不连续变化或跃变,同时发生亚毫秒时间尺度上的大幅度强度涨落.谐振腔的输出耦合透过率、晶体长度、晶体中的热效应等对双稳态效应均具有重要影响.     

Controllable optical bistability of Bose-Einstein condensate in an optical cavity with a Kerr medium

We study the optical bistability for a Bose-Einstein condensate of atoms in a driven optical cavity with a Kerr medium. We find that both the threshold point of optical bistability transition and the width of optical bistability hysteresis can be controlled by appropriately adjusting the Kerr interaction between the photons. In particular, we show that the optical bistability will disappear when the Kerr interaction exceeds a critical value.