Granularity and inhomogeneity are the joint generators of optical rogue waves

In the presence of many waves, giant events can occur with a probability higher than expected for random dynamics. By studying linear light propagation in a glass fiber, we show that optical rogue waves originate from two key ingredients: granularity, or a minimal size of the light speckles at the fiber exit, and inhomogeneity, that is, speckles clustering into separate domains with different average intensities. These two features characterize also rogue waves in nonlinear systems; thus, nonlinearity just plays the role of bringing forth the two ingredients of granularity and inhomogeneity.     

An inhomogeneous theoretical model for analysis of PbSe quantum-dot-doped fiber amplifier

Optical fiber doped with lead salts quantum dots (QDs) of different radii, has previously been proposed as a wide-band amplifier in the optical communication range. The emission and absorption spectra of QDs are size-dependent. Optical fiber amplifier doped with QDs of different sizes is an inhomogeneous gain medium. This inhomogeneity is the principle of operation of wide-band quantum-dot-doped fiber amplifiers (QDFAs). To study the effects of inhomogeneity such as spectral hole burning on the amplifier behavior, a fiber amplifier with an arbitrary size distribution of QDs is taken into consideration. The light propagation equations and rate equations for the inhomogeneous medium are presented. To investigate the gain spectrum, the amplifier bandwidth and the spectral hole burning effect on the amplifier behavior, the system of governing equations for the steady-state regime of operation are solved and numerical results are presented.     

Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Spherical Quantum Dots:Effects of Hydrogenic Impurity and Conduction Band Non-Parabolicity

Simultaneous effects of an on-center hydrogenic impurity and band edge non-parabolicity on intersubband optical absorption coefficients and refractive index changes of a typical GaAs/Al x Ga 1 x As spherical quantum dot are theoretically investigated,using the Luttinger-Kohn effective mass equation.So,electronic structure and optical properties of the system are studied by means of the matrix diagonalization technique and compact density matrix approach,respectively.Finally,effects of an impurity,band edge non-parabolicity,incident light intensity and the dot size on the linear,the third-order nonlinear and the total optical absorption coefficients and refractive index changes are investigated.Our results indicate that,the magnitudes of these optical quantities increase and their peaks shift to higher energies as the influences of the impurity and the band edge non-parabolicity are considered.Moreover,incident light intensity and the dot size have considerable effects on the optical absorption coefficients and refractive index changes.     

Effects of Electron-Phonon Interaction on Linear and Nonlinear Optical Absorption in Cylindrical Quantum Wires

The electron-phonon interaction influences on lineax and nonfineax optical absorption in cylindrical quantum wires （CQW） with an infinite confining potential axe investigated. The optical absorption coefficients are obtained by using the compact-density-matrix approach and iterative method, and the numerical results are presented for GaAs CQW. The results show that the electron-phonon interaction makes a distinct influence on optical absorption in CQW. The electron-phonon interaction on the wave functions of electron dominates the values of absorption coefficients and the correction of the electron-phonon effect on the energies of the electron makes the absorption peaks blue shift and become wider. Moreover, the electron-phonon interaction influence on optical absorption with an infinite confining potential is different from that with a finite confining potential.     

Electron-phonon interaction effect on optical absorption in cylindrical quantum wires

Electron-phonon interaction effects on linear and nonlinear optical absorption in cylindrical quantum wires are investigated. The linear and nonlinear optical absorption coefficients are obtained by using compact-density-matrix approach and iterative method, and the numerical results are presented for GaAs/AlAs cylindrical quantum-well wires. The results show that electron-phonon interaction not only influences the relaxation rate but also distinctly influences the wave functions and energies of the electron. The correction of electron-phonon interaction effect on the wave functions of the electron dominates the values of absorption coefficients. Moreover, the correction of electron-phonon interaction effect on the energies of the electron makes the absorption peaks blue shift and become wider.     

On the possibility of detecting an absorbing object in a strongly scattering medium using the method of continuous optical sounding

We have studied the possibility of using the method of double-position optical sounding for observation of inhomogeneities in an absorption index of a turbid medium at very large optical depths where the light field becomes isotropic. Formulas for calculating the image inhomogeneity, its contrast, signal-to-noise ratio, sighting distance, and an optimal “radiator-receiver” base have been obtained. We propose a system of double-position sounding with a rotary base, which allows us to improve the probability of detecting an inhomogeneity and finding its location with a higher accuracy. We show that the method of continuous optical sounding can be used for observation of inhomogeneities in living tissues at depths of several tens of transport paths. Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 40, No. 10, pp. 1191–1209, October, 1997.     

Calculation of nonlinear waves guided by optical fibers with an inhomogeneous nonlinear core

A circular optical fiber consisting of an inhomogeneous nonlinear core bounded by a linear cladding medium is considered here. In this case, the calculation of the nonlinear modes is of practical importance because of the joint effects of nonlinearity and inhomogeneity on the field concentration and the achievable optical confinement. Numerical results indicate that the combination of this type of inhomogeneity along with the characteristics of nonlinearity may play a significant role towards the optical confinement in the core.     

Polarization beam splitting in media with light-induced anisotropy

The problem of light beam reflection from a refractive-index inhomogeneity induced by a high-power polarized Gaussian pump beam in a resonant medium has been simulated. A nonlinear optical method of spatial splitting of polarization components of a probe pump beam is proposed.     

Nonlinear susceptibility of a metal-dielectric nanocomposite caused by induced dipole-dipole forces between particles

The optical coefficients of a nonlinearity for a macroscopic ensemble of aggregates of metal nanoparticles that is caused by deformation of the spatial structure of clusters in a strong light field are calculated for the first time. For a continuous medium that consists of a nonabsorbing dielectric containing aggregated silver nanoparticles that do not possess an intrinsic optical nonlinearity, coefficients of nonlinear absorption are obtained in relation to the intensity and frequency of incident light. It is shown that, at intensities of up to a few megawatts per square centimeter, the addition to the absorption of a nanocomposite to be modeled is adequately described by a third-order nonlinearity. The magnitude and sign of the nonlinear absorption coefficient agree well with the previously obtained experimental data for aggregated silver and gold colloids under nanosecond excitation.     

Nonlinear control of the propagation of optical pulses in doped optical fibers

Results of study of nonlinear processes occurring during the propagation of light pulses in optical fibers doped with atoms of rare-earth elements under conditions of atomic coherence and interference are presented. For a three-level Λ scheme of interaction, the linear (χ⁽¹⁾) and nonlinear (χ⁽³⁾) susceptibilities of such a medium are calculated. It is shown that the coefficients of Kerr nonlinearity and nonlinear absorption can reach extremely large values and can be negative. The competition between linear and nonlinear processes in the Λ scheme allows one to obtain compensation regimes when the coefficients of dispersion or absorption of the optical fiber material vanish. The efficient control of the optical properties of such a system over wide limits proves to be possible owing to variations in the parameters of light pulses at the input of the medium. The necessary conditions for realizing regimes with “slow” light, as well as for self-compression of a probing pulse on ultimately small spatial scales in a doped optical fiber, were obtained.     

有机材料ZnTBP-CA-PhR的非线性吸收和光学限幅性能

报道了一种新型有机材料ZnTBP-CA-PhR的光学非线性吸收特性，此材料在激光作用下，在可见光区域具有反饱和吸收，再反饱和吸收和饱和吸收效应.同时发现该材料优良的光学限幅性能，不仅光限幅的阈值低，而且限幅前光透射呈线性状态没有光学非线性效应.用5能级结构模型及速率方程模拟了饱和及反饱和的实验曲线，分析了非线性吸收等的物理机理.     

Effect of size and indium-composition on linear and nonlinear optical absorption of InGaN/GaN lens-shaped quantum dot

Based on the Schr ¨odinger equation for envelope function in the effective mass approximation, linear and nonlinear optical absorption coefficients in a multi-subband lens quantum dot are investigated. The effects of quantum dot size on the interband and intraband transitions energy are also analyzed. The finite element method is used to calculate the eigenvalues and eigenfunctions. Strain and In-mole-fraction effects are also studied, and the results reveal that with the decrease of the In-mole fraction, the amplitudes of linear and nonlinear absorption coefficients increase. The present computed results show that the absorption coefficients of transitions between the first excited states are stronger than those of the ground states. In addition, it has been found that the quantum dot size affects the amplitudes and peak positions of linear and nonlinear absorption coefficients while the incident optical intensity strongly affects the nonlinear absorption coefficients.     

Third-order nonlinear optical response in quantum dot–metal nanoparticle hybrid structures

Third-order nonlinear optical response of a semiconductor quantum dot, modulated by the metal nanoparticle (MNP), has been studied by using the effective mass and the rotating wave approximation. Considering multiple effects in the local and nonlocal optical response of the MNP, the dependence of the dispersion and the absorption on the size of the hybrid system are investigated in detail. By controlling the geometrical parameters of the hybrid structure and the direction of the electric field polarization, a significant enhancement of the nonlinear response is shown. The enhancement factor is nearly two orders of the magnitude, which is consistent with the experiment. Compared to the results obtained with the local effect, the center frequency shows blueshift obviously in the case of the nonlocal effect. In particular, the presence of the MNP leads to a strong absorption band appearance, which promises applications in the field of light transmission and the optical switching.     

Polaron effect on linear and nonlinear intersubband optical absorption of a wurtzite GaN-based nanowire

Based on the density matrix approach and the perturbation treatment, the polaronic effect on the linear and nonlinear intersubband optical absorption coefficients in quasi-one-dimensional wurtzite nanowires (NWs) is investigated. The simple analytical formulas for polaronic states and the linear and nonlinear optical absorption coefficients in the NW systems are also deduced. Numerical calculation on a freestanding wurtzite GaN NW is performed. The polaronic effect and quantum size effect as well as the influence of incident optical intensity on the optical absorption properties are analyzed and discussed. The results show that, the polaronic effect results in significant increase of the absorption coefficients, and obvious decrease of saturation absorption intensity. In order to observe strong optical absorption, a nitride NW with relative small radius should be chosen. Moreover, a comparison with the situation of GaN-based quantum well systems is also done, and the profound physics is analyzed reasonably.     

nc-Ge/SiN_x多层膜材料的可调控非线性光学特性

采用等离子体增强化学气相沉积和后退火的方法制备了纳米锗/氮化硅(nc-Ge/SiN_x)多层薄膜。借助Raman光谱仪对其微结构进行表征,测得样品的晶化率大于46%。由样品的光吸收谱可知,nc-Ge的尺寸越小,其光学带隙越大。利用Z扫描技术对样品的非线性光学特性进行研究,以波长为1 064 nm、脉宽为25 ps的锁模激光作为激发光,测得样品的非线性折射率系数在10~(-10)cm~2/W数量级。实验结果表明,通过改变nc-Ge的尺寸可以使材料的非线性光学折射率由自散焦转变为自聚焦特性,而负的非线性折射率系数可归因于两步吸收产生的自由载流子散射效应。当激发光强增大时,在锗层厚度为6 nm的多层膜中同时存在两步吸收过程和饱和吸收过程。两种非线性光学吸收过程之间的竞争是样品呈现不同非线性光学特性的主要原因。     

Nano-confined and copper-defect in wide-bandgap semiconductors

Copper-doped cadmium iodide nanocrystals were synthesized and grown for an investigation of the optical nonlinear effects via the measurements of the second harmonic generation (SHG) and nonlinear transmittance (NLT). The second-order optical susceptibilities in dependences of the size of the nanocrystals as well as of their copper contents were calculated. The observed size dependence demonstrates the nanosized quantum-confined effect, where the quantum confinement dominates the material's electronic and optical properties, with a clear increase in the SHG with decreasing the thickness of the nanocrystals. A dramatic change of the second-order optical response with increasing copper content of the nanocrystals was also observed. Optical absorption of the nanocrystals studied using NLT technique shows a decrease of the two-photon absorption with increasing thickness of the nanocrystals. The obtained results are discussed in details by exploring the photo-induced electron-phonon anharmonic mechanism for noncentrosymmetry of the impure material processes involving quantization.     

非线性光学材料倍频效应测试系统研究

开展了一种红外和可见波段非线性光学性能测试研究。该研究基于二阶非线性光学原理, 结合光电信号探测技术, 提出了一种采用红外OPO激光以及把倍频光及其他光效应产生的光通过谱仪分光并结合CCD阵列探测器加以区分探测的新检测方案。主要解决了测试使用1 064 nm光源时, 材料的倍频信号532 nm被样品吸收后而探测不到倍频信号的缺点, 以及准确测量了倍频信号强度, 排除了其他光学效应产生的噪声干扰。其特点是采用1 064和1 905 nm的双波长激光替代单一波长的激光源, 该方案能适用于可见和红外非线性材料光学性能的测试。研究工作包括测试系统组成, 工作原理和测试方法, 并给出了采用本方法测试KTP, KDP, AGS以及几种新的红外非线性材料的实验结果, 并且发现了几种有前途的非线性光学晶体材料。研究结果表明本方法具有稳定可靠、判别精度高、操作简单等优点, 可以有效地定性或半定量测试材料的可见-红外非线性光学性能, 为研究可见、红外乃至紫外二阶非线性光学材料提供重要的测试手段。     

Electronic and optical properties of asymmetric GaAs double quantum dots in intense laser fields

In the present work, we investigated the effect of an intense non-resonant laser field on the electronic structure and the nonlinear optical properties (the light absorption, the optical rectification) of a GaAs asymmetric double quantum dot under a strong probe field excitation. The calculations were performed within the compact-density matrix formalism under the steady state conditions with the use of the effective mass approximation. The obtained results show that: (i) the electronic structure and, consequently, the optical properties are sensitive to the dressed potential; (ii) the changes in the incident light polarisation lead to blue or redshifts in the intraband optical absorption spectrum; (iii) for specific values of the structure parameters and under an intense laser illumination, the asymmetric double quantum dots can be a good candidate for NOR emission of THz radiation.     

Demonstration of the interaction between two stopped light pulses

This study reports the first experimental demonstration that two light pulses were made motionless and interacted with each other through a medium. The scheme with motionless light pulses maximizes the interaction time and can achieve a considerable efficiency even below single-photon level. To demonstrate the enhancement of optical nonlinear efficiency, the experiment in this study used the process of one optical pulse switched by another based on the effect of electromagnetically induced transparency. Moving light pulses activate switching at an energy per area of 2 photons per atomic absorption cross section as discussed in [Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 4611 (1999)]. This study demonstrates that motionless light pulses can activate switching at 0.56 photons per atomic absorption cross section, and that the light level can be further reduced by increasing the optical density of the medium. The result of this work enters a new regime of low-light physics.     

Intersubband optical absorption coefficient changes and refractive index changes in a two-dimensional quantum pseudodot system

The optical absorption coefficient changes and refractive index changes associated with intersubband transitions in a two-dimensional quantum pseudodot system under the influence of a uniform magnetic field are theoretically investigated. In this regard, the electronic structure of the pseudodot system is studied using the one-band effective mass theory, and by means of the compact density matrix approach linear and nonlinear optical absorption coefficient and refractive index changes are calculated. The effects of an external magnetic field and the geometrical size of the pseudodot system on the optical absorption coefficient and refractive index changes are investigated. It is found that the absorption coefficient and refractive index changes are strongly affected not only by an external magnetic field but also by the geometrical size of the pseudodot system.