The linear and nonlinear optical effects of white light

An overview of our research group’s experimental and theoretical developments is provided on the linear and nonlinear optical effects of white light since 2003. Their work includes the experimental researches on the white light one-dimensional photovoltaic dark spatial solitons and the waveguides and directional couplers induced by them, the circular and elliptic white-light dark spatial solitons and the white-light photorefractive phase masks, two-dimensional white-light photonic lattices and the applicati...     

光诱导准一维光子晶格中离散空间光孤子的相互作用

基于分步束传播法数值分析了离散空间光孤子在准一维光诱 导光子晶格中的相干与非相干相互作用过程. 结果表明: 对于相干孤子, 同相时相互吸引, 反相时相互排斥. 然而, 由于非线性响应的各向异性, 横向排布的非相干孤子会因间隔波导数目的增加而由相互吸引变为相互排斥. 并且, 沿对角方向排布的两个非相干孤子在孤子相 互作用力和布拉格反射的共同影响下, 会呈现出"钟摆式"振荡传输现象. 研究结果有助于进一步理解非线性各向异性对离散孤子相互作用的影响机制, 并为后续实验研究提供理论参考.     

非相干耦合的亮和暗光伏空间孤子对的偏转特性

采用数值方法研究了在一个具有扩散效应的光伏光折变晶体中的非相干耦合的亮和暗光伏空间孤子对的偏转特性.结果表明,由于非相干相互作用,晶体中的一个亮孤子和一个暗孤子互相俘获,且两个孤子的中心沿着相同的轨迹移动.发现,当亮孤子的入射峰值强度不变时,通过调节暗孤子的入射背景强度可以控制亮孤子的偏转;当暗孤子的入射背景强度处于一个特殊值时,亮孤子的偏转被抑制,而当暗孤子的入射背景强度偏离这个特殊值时,亮孤子发生偏转.同样,当暗孤子的入射背景强度不变时,其偏转可以通过调节亮孤子的入射峰值强度来控制.     

双光子光折变晶体串联回路中独立全息屏蔽空间孤子对

为了得到双光子独立全息屏蔽空间孤子对的结果,基于光折变晶体中的两波耦合和双光子光折变效应,证明在由两块双光子光折变晶体和一个电压源通过导线连接组成的串联回路中存在全息亮(暗)屏蔽孤子。每块晶体中能支持一个全息屏蔽孤子,这两个孤子称为双光子独立全息屏蔽孤子对,有明-明、暗-暗和明-暗三种类型。数值计算结果表明,在光束的空间展宽远小于晶体宽度的极限条件下,孤子对中的两孤子通过光电流和相互耦合能影响到这些孤子的空间包络和动态演化特性。     

复色光光伏空间孤子

提出了双色信号光、单色背景光的光伏空间孤子理论,并获得了亮孤子解.用Cu:KNSBN晶体作介质,获得了复色信号光、单色背景光的复色光光伏空间亮孤子 关键词： 光伏空间孤子 复色光     

Interaction of in-band and in-gap lattice soliton trains in optically induced two-dimensional photonic lattices

We demonstrate the coherent interactions of lattice soliton trains, including in-band solitons (IBSs) and gap soliton trains (GSTs), in optically induced two-dimensional photonic lattices with self-defocusing nonlinearity. It is revealed that the $\pi$-staggered phase structures of the lattice soliton trains will lead to anomalous interactions. Solely by changing their initial separations, the transition between attractive and repulsive interaction forces or reversion of the energy transfer can be obtained. The `negative refraction' effect of the soliton trains on the interaction is also discussed. Moreover, two interacting IBSs can merge into one GST when attraction or energy transfer happens.     

Modulation instability of bright photovoltaic solitons on a partially incoherent background

We present the observation of incoherent anti-dark photovoltaic solitons in LiNbO₃:Fe crystal. This new class of soliton states involves bright photovoltaic solitons on a background beam meeting ?? > 1, where ?? is the ratio of background illumination photovoltaic constant to that of soliton beam. For ?? < 1, dark photovoltaic solitons are generated. Furthermore, this novel type solitons are investigated experimentally by injecting coherent light and partially coherent background of infinite extent. In case of spatial coherence of the background lower than the threshold of incoherent modulation instability, these results indicate that bright photovoltaic solitons can propagate in a stable fashion.     

One-dimensional optical dark screening photovoltaic-photorefractive solitons, soliton pairs and incoherent interaction between them in BaTiO3 crystal

We studied the theory of the optical solitons and introduced the nonlinear equations governed by the screening photovoltaic-photorefractive dark solitons. By the use of the numerical methods, the intensity profile, refractive index change of the media and also stability under propagation are investigated. Also, we investigated incoherent coupled dark-dark soliton pairs and incoherent interaction between them.     

非相干多分量空间双稳态孤子

非相干多分量光束在高阶非线性介质中可以形成双稳态孤子.利用相干密度法首次得到了非相干多分量双稳态孤子的解析表达式.介质的高阶非线性决定了双稳态孤子的存在范围和峰值强度.得到了光束的截止波长，最小宽度和介质的非线性条件，并研究了非相干多分量光束中相干分量的传输演化.利用稳定性条件，严格证明了非相干多分量双稳态孤子在介质中可以保持稳定传播. 关键词： 非相干多分量光束 空间孤子 双稳态     

Spatial soliton pixels from partially incoherent light

We report what is to our knowledge the first observation of pixellike spatial solitons from partially spatially incoherent light. We created an array of as many as 32x32 soliton pixels by launching a spatially modulated incoherent light beam into a noninstantaneous self-focusing photorefraction medium. These solitons were stable and robust, forming a steady-state two-dimensional waveguide array in which optical coupling and control of local waveguide channels could be realized.     

有分压电阻和e偏振非相干背景光辐照的光折变晶体中非相干耦合空间孤子对

为了得到光折变晶体中非相干耦合空间孤子对统一理论的结果,基于单光子光折变空间光孤子的基本理论模型,建立了稳态条件下有分压电阻和e偏振非相干均匀背景光辐照的单光子光伏光折变晶体中非相干耦合空间孤子对理论.研究表明:这种孤子对是由两束偏振方向和波长都相同的互不相干光束耦合形成的,孤子对两光束都能在晶体中稳定传播;当分压电阻、e偏振背景光、外加电场和光伏场取不同值时,可获得14种光折变非相干耦合空间孤子对.本文的结果对完善和充实光折变空间孤子理论体系有重要意义.     

有分压电阻和e偏振非相干背景光辐照的光折变晶体中非相干耦合空间孤子对

为了得到光折变晶体中非相干耦合空间孤子对统一理论的结果,基于单光子光折变空间光孤子的基本理论模型,建立了稳态条件下有分压电阻和e偏振非相干均匀背景光辐照的单光子光伏光折变晶体中非相干耦合空间孤子对理论. 研究表明:这种孤子对是由两束偏振方向和波长都相同的互不相干光束耦合形成的, 孤子对两光束都能在晶体中稳定传播;当分压电阻、e偏振背景光、外加电场和光伏场取不同值时, 可获得14种光折变非相干耦合空间孤子对. 本文的结果对完善和充实光折变空间孤子理论体系有重要意义.     

光诱导平面波导阵列中离散空间光孤子的相干相互作用

采用Petviashvili迭代法对光诱导平面波导阵列中的一维离散空间光孤子进行求解,利用分步束传播法对离散空间光孤子间的相干相互作用进行了详细的数值模拟.探讨了离散孤子间的相位差、孤子光强、波导阵列写入光的强度和周期以及外加电场对相互作用过程的影响.结果表明：离散孤子间的相位差对相互作用的影响与连续介质中的情况类似,不同相位差情况下的相互作用也表现为吸引、排斥以及能量转移等现象.同时,离散孤子间的相干相互作用过程(如融合距离和排斥间距等)均会受到孤子光强、波导阵列写入光的强度和周期以及外加电场大小的影响 关键词： 光诱导平面波导阵列 离散空间光孤子 相干相互作用     

Interactions of dark solitons in photovoltaic photorefractive crystals with diffusion nonlinearity

We investigate the interaction of spatial dark optical soliton pair in open-circuit photovoltaic photorefractive crystals by considering the effect of background light and diffusion nonlinearity. We show that the spatial dark solitons repel each other and travel along different trajectories for the coherent interactions that one undergoes reflection and the other one deflects significantly when they are closely overlapped, and the dark solitons attract and deflect simultaneously along a parabolic trajectory for the case of incoherent interactions. The deflection distance depends on the intensities and the initial separation between the dark solitons.     

光诱导光子晶格结构中新型的离散空间光孤子

离散孤子标志着从线性到非线性，从连续到非连续，从相干到非相干，人们对孤子认识的一个飞越．文章简要回顾了近期在二维光致光子晶格结构中有关空间离散光孤子的研究，包括基模离散孤子、类矢量离散孤子、离散偶极孤子、离散涡旋孤子和离散孤子串等．在非线性光折变晶体里用部分相干光诱导的波导阵列中，对每一种离散孤子，都清楚地观测到光从二维的离散衍射状态到自囚禁形成离散孤子的转变过程，获得的结果将对其他离散非线性系统中类似现象的研究有所启发．     

饱和对数非线性介质中非相干孤子碰撞对相干性的改善

基于相干密度理论，数值地研究了饱和对数非线性支持的部分非相干亮孤子对的相互作用.研究表明，两个非相干亮孤子碰撞不仅能增大碰撞区的光强，还可以大大改善部分非相干光束的相干性.同时还研究了非相干性对孤子碰撞的影响，非相干性不仅抑制了孤子间的相干作用如吸引、排斥和能量交换，同时还由于非相干叠加作用而引入了弱的相互吸引. 关键词： 非相干性 饱和对数非线性 空间光孤子     

Quadrupolar matter-wave soliton in two-dimensional free space

We study two-dimensional (2D) matter-wave solitons in the mean-field models formed by electric quadrupole particles with long-range quadrupole–quadrupole interaction (QQI) in 2D free space. The existence of 2D matter-wave solitons in the free space was predicted using the 2D Gross–Pitaevskii Equation (GPE). We find that the QQI solitons have a higher mass (smaller size and higher intensity) and stronger anisotropy than the dipole–dipole interaction (DDI) solitons under the same environmental parameters. Anisotropic soliton–soliton interaction between two identical QQI solitons in 2D free space is studied. Moreover, stable anisotropic dipole solitons are observed, to our knowledge, for the first time in 2D free space under anisotropic nonlocal cubic nonlinearity.     

二阶孤子间相互作用引起孤子衰变

对于二阶孤子脉冲对,通过数值求解非线性Schrdinger方程,得到了二阶孤子在光纤中传输时的衰变规律.由于脉冲之间的相互作用,原来的二阶孤子衰变为两个分离的基孤子.二阶孤子对同位相时,相互作用为“吸引”,衰变后峰值小的基孤子位于内侧,二阶孤子对反位相时,相互作用为“排斥”,衰变后峰值小的基孤子位于外侧.两个二阶孤子脉冲间隔越小,反位相时,在相同传输距离处,衰变产生的两个基孤子的分离程度越大.     

Separate holographic screening soliton pairs in a biased series photorefractive crystal circuit

Holographic dark (bright) screening solitons are predicted in one dimension for a series circuit consisting of two photorefractive crystals connected electronically by electrode leads in a chain with a voltage source. Each crystal can support a holographic screening soliton. The two solitons are known collectively as a separate holographic screening soliton pair with three types: bright--bright, bright--dark and dark--dark. The numerical results show that the two solitons in a soliton pair can affect each other through a light-induced current and their coupling can affect their spatial profiles under the limit in which the optical wave has a spatial extent much less than the width of the crystal.     

Gradient induced motion control of drifting solitary structures in a nonlinear optical single feedback experiment

We realize an absolute position control of drifting dissipative optical solitons by injecting an incoherent amplitude parameter gradient onto the nonlinear optical system. This allows for two-dimensional, arbitrary control patterns. The control of the soliton drift velocity is studied applying a periodic, hexagonally shaped modulation. The guiding of dissipative solitons by one- and two-dimensional parameter modulations is demonstrated. Furthermore, one-dimensional, line-shaped parameter modulations are designed to act as barriers for dissipative solitons, allowing implementations of position selectors for solitons. The interaction of dissipative optical solitons with barriers is studied for different barrier parameters.