Spectral behavior of pulsed Bessel beams focused by a dispersive lens

Starting from the Huygens–Fresnel diffraction integral, the analytical expression for the power spectrum of pulsed Bessel beams focused by a dispersive aperture lens is derived and used to study the spectral anomalies of pulsed Bessel beams in the focused field. Numerical calculation results are given to illustrate the dependence of spectral anomalous behavior on the pulse parameters, truncation parameter and material dispersion of the lens. It is shown that near the phase singularities the spectral anomalies may take place. The potential applications of spectral anomalies of ultrashort pulsed beams in information encoding and information transmission are considered.     

Spectral anomalies of pulsed Hermite-Gaussian beams in Young’s interference experiment in dispersive media

Starting from the Huygens-Fresnel diffraction integral, the recurrence expression for the power spectra of pulsed Hermite-Gaussian beams in Young’s interference experiment in dispersive media are derived and used to study the spectral anomalies of pulsed Hermite-Gaussian beams in the far field. The results of numerical calculation are given to illustrate the dependence of spectral anomalous behavior on the pulse parameter, slit parameter, diffraction angle and dispersive property of medium. The potential application of spectral anomalies of pulsed Hermite-Gaussian beams in information encoding and information transmission in dispersive media is considered.     

Spectral anomalies of diffracted pulsed Hermite-cosh-Gaussian beams in dispersive media

Starting from the Huygens–Fresnel diffraction integral, the analytical expressions for the power spectra of diffracted pulsed Hermite-cosh-Gaussian (HChG) in dispersive media are derived and used to study the spectral anomalies of pulsed HChG. Numerical results are given to illustrate the dependence of spectral anomalies behavior on the decentered parameter, truncation parameter and dispersive property of the medium. The potential applications of spectral anomalies of ultrashort pulsed beams in the information encoding and information transmission are considered.     

Spectral anomalies of diffracted pulsed cosh-Gaussian beams in dispersive media

Starting from the Rayleigh–Sommerfeld diffraction integral, the closed-form expressions for the near- and far-field power spectra of diffracted pulsed cosh-Gaussian (ChG) beams propagating in dispersive media are derived, and the anomalous behavior of the far-field spectrum of diffracted pulsed ChG beams in dispersive media is studied. It is shown that near the phase singularities, the spectral switch may take place. The truncation parameter, decentered parameter and pulse duration of pulsed ChG beams and the dispersive property of the medium affect the behavior of the spectral switch of pulsed ChG beams.     

Spectral anomalies of diffracted pulsed Hermite--Gaussian beams in dispersive media

This paper derives and uses the recurrence expressions for the power spectra of diffracted pulsed Hermite-Gaussian （HG） beams in dispersive media to study the spectral anomalies of pulsed HG beams in the far field. Numerical results are given to illustrate the dependence of spectral switches on the pulse parameters, truncation parameter and dispersive property of the medium. The potential application of spectral anomalies of ultrashort pulsed beams in information encoding and transmission is discussed.     

Spectral anomalies of pulsed Hermite-cosh-Gaussian beams focused by an aperture lens

The spectral behaviors of pulsed Hermite-cosh-Gaussian (HChG) beams focused by an aperture lens are studied. The propagation equation for the power spectra of pulsed HChG beams focused by an aperture lens is derived and used to study the spectral anomalies of pulsed HChG beams in the focused field. Numerical results are given to illustrate the dependence of spectral anomalies behavior on the pulse parameter and truncation parameter. The potential applications of spectral anomalies of ultrashort pulsed beams in information encoding and information transmission are considered.     

高阶贝塞尔脉冲光束通过色散光阑透镜的传输特性*

研究了高阶贝塞尔脉冲光束通过色散光阑透镜的光谱和时间空间特性.结果表明:脉冲光束在几何焦面上会出现光谱开关,透镜色散使产生光谱开关的临界位置向z轴移动|透镜一阶色散使几何焦面上峰值光强减小,并使脉冲波形产生显著时间移动和展宽,而二阶和高阶色散的影响较小.此外,光束阶数n和空间参量α也会影响横向光强分布.     

高阶贝塞尔脉冲光束通过色散光阑透镜的传输特性

研究了高阶贝塞尔脉冲光束通过色散光阑透镜的光谱和时间空间特性.结果表明:脉冲光束在几何焦面上会出现光谱开关,透镜色散使产生光谱开关的临界位置向z轴移动;透镜一阶色散使几何焦面上峰值光强减小,并使脉冲波形产生显著时间移动和展宽,而二阶和高阶色散的影响较小.此外,光束阶数n和空间参量α也会影响横向光强分布.     

利用空间诱导色散补偿介质色散

研究了超短脉冲贝塞尔光束在色散介质中的传输特性 ,指出空间诱导色散效应可以用来补偿介质色散作用 ,从而可以在色散介质中实现无衍射无色散的类时空孤子波的传输。用理论推导和数值模拟的方法得到的具有反常色散性质的空间诱导色散可以有效地补偿介质色散。数值模拟的结果表明 ,由于超短脉冲贝塞尔光束的无衍射无色散传输距离受到高阶色散效应和贝塞尔光束空间受限两方面的限制 ,无衍射无色散传输只能在有限距离内近似实现。通过增加脉冲长度可以减小高阶色散效应的影响。在传输距离小于衍射距离时 ,空间诱导色散效应可以很好地描述脉冲演化和色散补偿过程     

Elimination of the spatial singularity of ultrashort pulsed beams in dispersive media

Under the condition that the propagation constant k in dispersive media should be larger than zero, a simple method is proposed to eliminate the spatial singularity of ultrashort pulsed beams propagating in dispersive media. Taking the pulsed Gaussian beam (PGB) as a typical example, the analytical propagation equation in the space–time domain is derived and the spatiotemporal propagation properties of PGBs in normal and anomalous dispersive media are discussed both analytically and numerically. The physical explanation of the results is presented.     

Numerical calculation based study of spectral anomalies and their applications in modified Mach-Zehnder interferometer

The anomalous spectral behavior of polychromatic light in a modified Mach-Zehnder (MMZ) Interferometer is studied. In our numerical analysis, we found that, by varying the path difference between the interfering beams in the MMZ interferometer, one may find drastic spectral changes in the vicinity of dark rings of the interference field. In addition we extend the study to explore possibilities for information encoding and transmission in free-space using temporal coherence-induced spectral switching. By using unique features of the MMZ interferometer we propose two interesting prototype of optical devices for single channel and 1×2 channel (one input port and two output port) information transmission through spectral anomalies of interference pattern. The prototypes are based on contrived ideas and may find applications in developing spectral switching based optical devices.     

Nonparaxial propagation of spatially and spectrally partially coherent electromagnetic Cosh-Gaussian pulsed beams

Based on the generalized Rayleigh–Sommerfeld diffraction integral, the analytical expression for 3×3 cross-spectral density matrix of nonparaxial spatially and spectrally partially coherent electromagnetic Cosh-Gaussian (ChG) pulsed beams propagating in free space is derived, and used to formulate the spectral density and spectral degree of polarization of electromagnetic pulsed beams at the z-plane. It is found that the parameters f and f_αα are the key parameters in determining the nonparaxiality of spatially and spectrally partially coherent electromagnetic ChG pulsed beams. And the decentered parameter, pulse duration and temporal coherence length can change the nonparaxial behavior of the electromagnetic ChG pulsed beams. The effect of decentered parameter, pulse duration and temporal coherence length on the spectral density and spectral degree of polarization of electromagnetic ChG pulsed beams is illustrated through numerical calculations. Propagation of nonparaxial spatially and spectrally partially coherent electromagnetic Gaussian Schell-model pulsed beams can be treated as a special case when the decentered parameter of electromagnetic ChG pulsed beams approaches to zero.     

Temporal and spectral properties of ultrashort pulsed Laguerre-Gaussian beams in dispersive media

The temporal and spectral properties of ultrashort pulsed Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) beams propagating in dispersive media are studied both theoretically and numerically. It is shown that the on-axis pulse broadens with increasing propagation distance and the on-axis spectrum is blueshifted. For the off-axis spectrum the blueshifts decrease and then the spectrum becomes redshifted as the radial distance increases. The propagation of ultrashort pulsed LG beams in free space and of ultrashort pulsed Gaussian beams can be regarded as special cases of our results, and some interesting properties are discussed.     

Propagation of ultrashort pulsed beams in dispersive media

Starting from the Rayleigh diffraction integral, the propagation equation of ultrashort pulsed beams in dispersive media is derived without making the paraxial approximation and slowly varying envelope approximation (SVEA). The spatiotemporal properties of ultrashort pulsed beams in dispersive media, such as spectrum redshifting, narrowing and pulse distortion are illustrated with pulsed Gaussian beams. It is stressed that the “antibeam“ behaviour of ultrashort pulsed beams can be avoided, if a suitable truncation function is chosen.     

贝塞尔-高斯脉冲光束在色散介质中的时间和光谱特性

 对等衍射长度贝塞尔-高斯脉冲光束在色散介质中的时间和光谱特性作了研究,结果表明,通过选择适当的空间参数,贝塞尔-高斯脉冲光束沿轴上传输时,脉冲宽度不变。传输距离小于无衍射长度时,随衍射角增加,功率谱形状未变,脉冲波形保持不变;传输距离大于无衍射长度时,随衍射角增加,光谱由蓝移变为红移,脉冲展宽。     

Information encoding by spectral anomalies of spatially coherent light diffracted by an annular aperture

Extensive experimental study is carried out to investigate spectral behavior of spatially polychromatic coherent light diffracted by an annular aperture. It is found that the spectrum at the observation plane exhibits anomalous behavior after passing through the annular aperture. Experimental observations show that at a particular diffraction angle, the diffracted spectrum splits into two halves, while at other diffraction angles the spectrum either shifts towards lower wavelengths (blue-shift) or shifts towards higher wavelengths (red-shift). These spectral changes take place in the vicinity of the dark ring of the Airy pattern. Moreover, the behavior of the spectrum in the Fraunhofer region around a small circular loop centered at a critical direction is also studied and it is found that these spectral changes are qualitatively different from the spectral changes of the spectrum of the focused waves on a circle centered at the singular point. It is discussed in detail that such spectral anomalies of spatially coherent light may be exploited for information encoding and information hiding for free-space communications. The possibility to entangle bits in the spectral anomalies is also proposed. Such technique might be very useful to improve the throughput of information transmission in free space.     

Nanosecond zero-order pulsed Bessel beam generated from unstable resonator based on an axicon

We present what we believe the first experimental observation of a nanosecond zero order pulsed Bessel beam generated from an unstable resonator based on an axicon. The field distribution at the output coupler is simulated by means of Fox–Li iterative computation. It is shown that the experimental result is consistent with the numerical simulation. The application field and forecast of the zero-order Bessel beams are very wide, such as precision cutting and micro-operation experiment. Our experiments offer a new way to output zero-order Bessel beams directly.     

Transverse and longitudinal phase-matching in third harmonic generation induced by the Bessel beams

Influence of transverse and longitudinal phase matching on the spectral and intensity properties of third harmonic generation induced by the Bessel pump beams has been investigated both theoretically and experimentally. Transverse phase matching, revealing itself as a ring pattern in the third harmonic intensity angular spectrum was demonstrated in both the normally and anomalously dispersive media. The conditions were found for the optimization of this conical third harmonic signal.     

Influence of turbulence on the spectrum of diffracted chirped Gaussian pulsed beams

The influence of turbulence on the spectrum of diffracted chirped Gaussian pulsed beams is studied in detail. By using the quadratic approximation of the Rytov’s phase structure function and the finite expansion of the aperture function, the analytical expression for the spectrum of diffracted chirped Gaussian pulsed beams propagating through atmospheric turbulence is derived. It is shown that in free space there exist the on-axis and off-axis multi-spectral switch for diffracted chirped Gaussian pulsed beams. However, the turbulence results in a decrease of the spectral transition height, and the spectral switch even disappears when the turbulence is strong enough, which is very different from the behavior of undiffracted chirped Gaussian pulsed beams. Specially, with increasing the strength of turbulence, the higher-order spectral switch disappears firstly for on-axis case, while the lower-order spectral switch disappears firstly for off-axis case. In free space the on-axis spectrum is blue-shifted after a certain propagation distance, but the on-axis spectrum is red-shifted after a shorter propagation distance when the turbulence is strong enough. The spectral transition height increases with increasing the chirp parameter and decreasing the pulse duration, and the odd number order position without spectral shift is independent of the chirp parameter and pulse duration.     

Effect of vectorial nature on spectral anomalies of ultrashort pulsed beams from a hard-edged aperture

Based on the vectorial Rayleigh–Sommerfeld diffraction integrals, the analytical expression for the spectral intensity of a vectorial nonparaxial ultrashort pulsed Gaussian beam diffracted at a rectangular hard-aperture is derived. The results of the far-field and paraxial cases can be regarded as special cases of the general expression. Effect of vectorial nature on spectral anomalies of ultrashort pulsed beams passing through a hard-edged aperture is analyzed in detail. It is shown that the spectral switch near the phase singularity, which is predicated under the condition of the scalar paraxial theory, disappears with the increasing effect of the vectorial and nonparaxial nature.