液晶稳态和瞬态多波混频与非线性光学特性

在掺杂（～3%重量比）碳纳米管和光敏取向基团的向列态液晶薄膜（5μm厚）中，在使用Ar⁺(514.5nm)为激发光做前向多波混频实验时，观察到7级的自衍射和探测光He-N e(632.8nm )的多级衍射均呈多环状结构.高斯光束中心处的光致非线性折射率系数δn～0.8. Ar⁺ (514.5nm)连续光形成光栅的时间和弛豫时间都与写入光的偏振态强烈相关.在使用Nd :YAG（532 nm）为激发光时，光栅的弛豫时间～200ms量级，且探测光He-Ne(632.8nm)的o光和e光所探 测到的动力学响应曲线是不同的. 关键词： 瞬态 稳态 多波混频 液晶     

Zn∶Fe∶LiNbO_3晶体二波耦合和相位共轭效应的研究

采用二波耦合和四波混频实验,研究了Zn:Fe:LN(Fe:0.03wt.%,Zn:5.0mol)晶体的光折变二波耦合衍射效率和长时间照射下透射光强随时间的动态变化行为,以及其相位共轭效应,分别测试了其二波耦合衍射效率和其相位共轭反射率,结果表明该晶体的衍射率可达到56%,且其衍射效率随着其信号光的减小先增大后减小,相位共轭反射率随信号光的增大呈减小的趋势,最高共轭反射率可达到650%。     

Ce:KNSBN晶体中超短激光脉冲二波耦合和四波混频相位共轭

脉宽为50～60ps的超短激光脉冲列在Ce:KNSBN晶体中实现二波耦合和四波混频相位共轭。环境的微振动使二波耦合和四波混频相位共轭信号变得不稳定。当泵浦光脉冲从相对于探测光脉冲早到变为迟到时,二波耦合探测光信号从缩小变到放大。四波混频相位共轭信号出现双脉冲。晶体中存在纳秒光折变效应。     

掺杂C_(60)向列相液晶全息光栅衍射增强的研究

利用二波耦合(2BC)实验研究了掺杂G60垂直排列的向列相液晶(5CB)样品中形成光折变全息光栅的动态衍射特性.利用厚度为20μm的样品中记录的光折变全息光栅(光栅间距A≈24μm)获得了高达40%的一阶衍射效率,且衍射强度不对称分布.根据取向光折变效应体机制和表面电荷调制机制对此现象给出了解释,认为液晶中电场的增强是...     

向列型液晶中简并四波混频相位共轭的理论研究

研究向列型液晶中由光致分子重取向引起的简并四波混频光学相位共轭现象,着重讨论液晶薄膜厚度d、探测光与一泵浦光之间的夹角θ_ω以及光的入射面和液晶指向矢之间的夹角β对相位共轭光产生效率的影响.     

偶氮化合物中级联作用引起的高阶多波混频的研究

用三维简并四波混频的实验装置，在偶氮化合物中观察到了多波混频效应，在接收屏上，除了三个泵浦光斑，还观察到了由于多波耦合产生的另外１４个排列整齐的信号光斑，这个现象可望被广泛用光计算，信息处理和光互连中。     

高非线性光纤中四波混频的磁控机理研究

将磁光效应和光纤非线性效应作为微扰,采用导波光耦合理论分析了高非线性光纤中导波光发生磁光四波混频的机理;实验测试了磁场对四波混频偏振依赖性的影响,理论分析与实验结果符合.研究表明,当输入的探测光和抽运光为相互正交的线偏振光时,四波混频的磁控效果最为明显,输出的闲频光功率随磁光耦合系数振荡变化,施加适当的外加磁场可使四波混频效率得到进一步提高.选择适当费尔德常数的光纤材料,利用磁光效应对四波混频偏振依赖性的影响,可实现不同范围的磁场测量.     

飞秒激光在双折射微结构光纤中模式控制的四波混频效应的实验研究

利用飞秒激光脉冲在长度为10cm，包层具有大空气比的双折射微结构光纤中通过高阶模相位 匹配的四波混频获得了波长可调谐的反斯托克斯波.实验中脉冲宽度为35fs，中心波长820nm ，单脉冲能量4nJ的飞秒激光脉冲耦合到长轴直径为5μm，短轴为46μm的双折射微结构光 纤中.在高阶模传输情况下，通过调制耦合光的偏振方向，获得了具有不同中心波长的反斯 托克斯波.通过对比分析，讨论了输入光的偏振态对双折射微结构光纤中高阶模式下四波混 频效应的影响情况.理论计算分析很好的解释了实验结果. 关键词： 微结构光纤 飞秒脉冲激光 四波混频     

偶氮苯液晶薄膜相位共轭的光学记录研究

利用间并四波混频研究了一种偶氮苯液昌聚合物的相位共轭和光学记录特性，在近共振条件下，用低功率Ｎｄ：ＹＡＧ倍频激光得到高效率的相位共轭光和高阶衍射光，当光强达到１０Ｗ／ｃｍ＾２量级时，薄膜显示出光记录效应，即在撒掉写入光之后，相位共轭波并不消失，进一步大光强到１０＾３Ｗ／ｃｍ＾２量级时，出现三组分别只与前向泵浦光，后向泵浦光和信号有关的高阶衍射光。其中观察到第三阶衍射光，且在撒掉任两束光后，所剩一束     

冷~(85)Rb原子中的非共线非简并四波混频的实验研究

文章介绍了在磁光阱制备的Rb85冷原子团中通过特定时序的光场进行四波混频的实验研究,我们观察到了混频光强度的空间分布,简要讨论了三束作用光场的频率和光强对混频光产生的影响.时序调制下的四波混频实验为利用冷原子系综制备非经典关联光子对提供了基础.     

Guided-Wave Two-Dimensional Acousto-Optic Scanner Using Proton-Exchanged Lithium Niobate Waveguide

Two-dimensional scanning of a 0.6328 mum guided-light beam has been realized using noncolinear acousto-optic (AO) coplanar Bragg diffraction together with colinear AO guided-mode to substrate radiation-mode conversion in a Z-cut Xpropagation LiNbO3 proton-exchanged (PE) waveguide. The two surface acoustic (SAW) waves utilized are at the center frequencies of 500 and 200 MHz, propagating in the Y and X axes, respectively. Two-dimensional scanning of approximately 720 resolvable light beam spots, namely, 18 40 (horizontal vertical) scanning, has been demonstrated using a light beam of 1.0 mm aperture. The total number of resolvable beam spots can be greatly increased from 720 by simply utilizing SAW transducers of larger bandwidth and a light beam of greater aperture. It should also be possible to significantly increase the diffraction efficiency from 3 % by optimizing the parameters of the PE waveguide and the SAWs.     

Effect ofγ-radiation on the spectral luminescence characteristics of impure cadmium tungstate crystals

Results of a study of the effect of γ-radiation on the spectral luminescence properties of cadmium tungstate crystals doped with silver, bismuth, and molybdenum cations are presented. Spectral characteristics of the nondnnnoped crystals are briefly described. Absorption and photo and X-ray luminescence spectra of the crystals taken before and after exposure to γ-radiation (5.5·10⁴ Gy) are compared. It is found that the spectral characteristics of the crystals doped with silver, bismuth, and molybdenum cations do not change markedly after the exposure. The relation between the type of impurity-induced defects, individual characteristics of the impurity cations, and the character of the effect of γ-radiation on the spectral luminescence properties of impure crystals is analyzed (preliminarily). Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 64, No. 1, pp. 55–60, January–February, 1997.     

Measurement of nonlinear coefficient of optical fiber based on small chirped soliton transmission

We measure the waveform and phase curves of short optical pulses before and after transmission over different lengths of fibers by use of the pulse analyzer with the frequency-resolved optical gating (FROG),and numerically simulate pulse evolution under the experimental conditions.The nonlinear coefficient of the fiber is given by comparing the experimental results with the numerical ones.Difference between the experiment and numerical simulation is analyzed.     

Resonance scattering of canonical elastic shells in absorbing fluid medium

Resonance scattering of elastic spherical shell and cylindrical shell while the surrounding fluid medium has absorption is studied. The normal mode solution derived using exact elastic theory and the separation of variables is still applicable. However, the scattering form function has to be modified for the absorbing medium, otherwise the unreasonable result would be obtained. The backscattering form function in the absorbing medium is redefined, and the form function of elastic spherical and cylindrical shell with vacuum or solid matter filled is calculated in various absorption conditions. The results show that the absorption of surrounding fluid leads to notable attenuation of the coincidence resonances in the mid-frequency, but it has a little influence on the low-frequency resonance scattering induced by the filler inside the shell.     

Single-beam self-referenced phase-sensitive surface plasmon resonance sensor with high detection resolution

A versatile and low-cost single-beam self-referenced phase-sensitive surface plasmon resonance(SPR)sensing system with ultra-high resolution performance is presented.The system exhibits a root-mean-square phase fluctuation of ±0.0028.over a period of 45 min.i.e.a resolution of±5.2×10-9 refractive index units.The enhanced performance has been achieved through the incorporation of three design elements:a true single-beam configuration enabling complete self-referencing so that only the phase change associated with SPR gets detected,a differential measurement scheme to eliminate spurious signals not related to the sensor response,and the elimination of retardation drifts by incorporating temperature stabilization in the liquid crystal phase modulato .Our design should bring the detection sensitivity of non-labeling SPR biosensing closer to that achievable by conventional fluorescence-based techniques.     

Influences of SiO2 protective layers and annealing on the laser-induced damage threshold of Ta2O5 films

Ta2O5 films are prepared on BK7 substrates with conventional electron beam evaporation deposition.The effects of SiO2 protective layers and annealing on the laser-induced damage threshold (LIDT) of the films are investigated.The results show that SiO2 protective layers exert little influence on the electric field intensity(EFI)distribution,microstructure and microdefect density but increase the absorption slightly.Annealing iS effective on decreasing the microdefect density and the absorption of the films.Both SiO2 protective layers and annealing are beneficial to the damage resistance of the films and the latter is more effective to improve the LIDT.Moreover,the maximal LIDT of Ta2O5 films is achieved by the combination of SiO2 protective layers and annealing.     

A stereo matching algorithm using multi-peak candidate matches and geometric constraints

Gray cross correlation matching technique is adopted to extract candidate matches with gray cross correla- tion coefficients less than some certain range of maximal correlation coefficient called multi-peak candidate matches. Multi-peak candidates are extracted corresponding to three closest feature points at first. The corresponding multi-peak candidate matches are used to construct the model polygon. Correspondence is determined based on the local geometric relations between the three feature points and the multi-peak candidates. The disparity test and the global consistency checkout are applied to eliminate the remaining ambiguous matches that are not removed by the local geometric relational test. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm is feasible and accurate.     

Fiber Modal Index Measurements Based on Fiber Gratings

A novel method based on fiber gratings for measuring the effective indices of fiber modes is proposed. The effective index difference between the core mode and a cladding mode was obtained by analyzing the interference fringe of a pair of cascaded long-period fiber gratings. In order to extract the core mode index from the measured index difference, an index matching oil immersion method is proposed. By analyzing the interaction between the cladding mode and the oil applied on the cladding surface, the mode order and the effective index of the involved cladding mode might be calculated. Experimental results about the interference fringe shifts induced by the oil index and the oil-applied length are also presented.     

Optical Pulse Compression Schemes That Use Nonlinear Bragg Gratings

Nonlinear optical pulse compression of picosecond pulses typically requires long lengths of optical fiber and multiple components. Periodic structures, such as fiber Bragg gratings, are highly dispersive at wavelengths outside of the photonic bandgap. This implies that such gratings can be used as very short all-fiber compressors. In this paper a number of such compression schemes are reviewed involving uniform and nonuniform fiber Bragg gratings, relying on both soliton and nonsoliton compression principles. Experimental results supporting the corresponding underlying theory are also presented. Finally, an extension of one of the compression schemes is shown, which allows the generation of adjustable high-repetition rate soliton trains.