Theory of the magnon Kerr effect in cavity magnonics

We develop a theory for the magnon Kerr effect in a cavity magnonics system, consisting of magnons in a small yttrium iron garnet(YIG) sphere strongly coupled to cavity photons, and use it to study the bistability in this hybrid system. To have a complete picture of the bistability phenomenon, we analyze two different cases in driving the cavity magnonics system, i.e.,directly pumping the YIG sphere and the cavity, respectively. In both cases, the magnon frequency shifts due to the Kerr effect exhibit a similar bistable behavior but the corresponding critical powers are different. Moreover, we show how the bistability of the system can be demonstrated using the transmission spectrum of the cavity. Our results are valid in a wide parameter regime and generalize the theory of bistability in a cavity magnonics system.     

饱和非线性正折射异向介质中的调制不稳定性

直接从异向介质中包含饱和非线性、自陡峭和二阶非线性色散效应的非线性扩展传输方程出发,采用线性稳定性分析法,导出了调制不稳定性的色散关系、不稳定条件、无量纲的临界扰动频率和增益谱。计算和讨论了异向介质正折射区无量纲的增益谱随归一化角频率和入射功率密度的变化关系。结果表明,在异向介质正折射区,随归一化角频率和入射功率密度的不同,增益谱将会出现扰动频率大于零、扰动频率大于某个非零临界值、扰动频率大于零而小于某个非零临界值3种形式。在归一化角频率较小时,调制不稳定性可能出现阈值入射功率密度;且在较小的入射功率密度时,调制不稳定性只能出现在大于某个临界频率时。     

Single Photon Scattering in a Pair of Waveguides Coupled by a Whispering-Gallery Resonator Interacting with a Semiconductor Quantum Dot

The single photon scattering properties in a pair of waveguides coupled by a whispering-gallery resonator interacting with a semiconductor quantum dot are investigated theoretically.The two waveguides support four possible ports for an incident single photon.The quantum dot is considered a V-type system.The incident direction-dependent single photon scattering properties are studied and equal-output probability from the four ports for a single photon incident is discussed.The influences of backscattering between the two modes of the whispering-gallery resonator for incident direction-dependent single photon scattering properties are also presented.     

饱和非线性下零色散附近的交叉相位调制非稳

从光纤中扩展的耦合非线性薛定谔方程组出发,在饱和非线性光纤零色散附近,研究了不同二、四阶色散参量下交叉相位调制不稳定性增益谱及其临界扰动频率、谱宽和谱峰随两光波入射功率的演化特点.研究表明,随色散参量不同,增益谱随两光波入射功率的增大可能出现三种演化形式：一是始终是两个分离的谱区;二是由开始时的两个合成一个,最后再分离成两个;三是始终是一个谱区.饱和非线性的存在则使每个谱区的谱宽、谱峰及远离零点的临界扰动频率,随两光波入射功率的增大可能呈现出先增大后减小的特点,使第二谱区靠近零点的临界扰动频率呈现先减小后增大的特点,从而可能出现两个不同的输入功率对应同一个增益峰值和谱宽的情形.色散参量对增益谱的谱峰影响小,对谱宽影响大.越靠近零色散区,每个谱区谱宽越大,越易连成一个谱区.     

Achieving optical bistability through ultra-compact metal-dielectric structure

The transmission spectra of two-period metal-dielectric structure are studied through the transfer matrix method. When the dielectric is nonlinear material, an optical bistability has been found. The upper threshold value is insensitive to incident frequency, while the lower threshold value increases with the incident frequency decreasing. The effect of loss from the metal layers on the optical bistability is also considered.     

Tunable directional beaming assisted by asymmetrical SPP excitation in a subwavelength metallic double slit

We present a design for tunable directional beaming through a subwavelength metallic double slit surrounded by dielectric surface-relief gratings.On-axis and off-axis beaming can be switched by controlling the incident angle to asymmetrically excite surface plasmon polaritons(SPPs) that are subsequently coupled out to propagating beams by the two gratings on the left and the right sides of the double slit.Furthermore,the division of optical power into two off-axis beaming directions can be tuned smoothly by varying the incident angle while keeping the total power almost unchanged.The mechanism of this effect is analyzed theoretically and verified using rigorous numerical simulations.     

强非局域正交偏振双厄米高斯光束的传输特性

依据非局域非线性介质中双光束传输时遵循的非局域非线性薛定谔耦合方程,在强非局域情形下,通过把响应函数作泰勒展开近似取到二阶,运用变分法求出了正交偏振、中心重合的双厄米高斯光束在强非局域介质中传输时各参量演化规律和一个临界功率,并运用分步傅里叶算法数值模拟出了束宽和相位的演化规律。当两光束以临界功率入射时,得到了正交偏振、中心重合的双厄米高斯空间光孤子及其大相移演化规律。当两光束以总临界功率入射,但两束光的入射功率不等时,光束可以形成呼吸子,但随着阶数的增加呼吸子将越来越不稳定。对于各阶呼吸子,功率大的束宽都作周期性压缩振荡变化,功率小的束宽都作周期性展宽振荡变化,且两呼吸子中功率大的相移随传输距离增加更快。在厄米高斯光束阶数小于5时,变分解得到的结果与数值解吻合较好。     

Unidirectional transmission realized by two nonparallel gratings made of isotropic media

We realize a unidirectional transmission by cascading two nonparallel gratings (NPGs) made of isotropic, lossless, and linear media. For a pair of orthogonal linear polarizations, one of the gratings is designed as a polarizer, which is a reflector for one polarization and a transmitter for the other; another grating is designed as a polarization converter, which converts most of one polarized incident wave into another polarized transmitted wave. It is demonstrated by numerical calculation that more than 85% of the incident light energy can be transmitted with less than 1% transmission in the opposite direction for linearly polarized light at normal incidence, and the relative bandwidth of the unidirectional transmission is nearly 9%. The maximum transmission contrast ratio between the two directions is 62 dB. Unlike one-way diffraction grating, the transmitted light of the NPGs is collinear with the incident light, but their polarizations are orthogonal.     

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.     

具有非线性缺陷的光子晶体的局域模

采用传输矩阵的方法，严格导出一维具有克尔非线性缺陷的光子晶体的局域模频率方程。局域模频率依赖于局域光强。取负克尔系数时，随着局域光强的增加，局域模频率从下带边出现，在带隙间上升，最后消失在上带边。在给定人射光频率下，随着人射光强的变化，系统呈现出双稳态。这种光学稳态性质则由局域模频率的移动引起的。     

Two optical bistability domains in composites of metal nanoparticles with nonlinear dielectric core

It is shown that the local field in metal spherical particles with a dielectric core in an external varying electric field has two maxima at two different frequencies. The second maximum becomes more important with an increment in the metal fraction. Due to the nonlinear dielectric function of the core, the composite of these inclusions may have two optically induced bistability domains at different frequencies. At rather high metal fraction, two bistability domains merge and form one entire bistability domain. The parameters of these domains are studied numerically. The paper focuses on the second bistability domain, which has not been discussed in the literature so far. This domain exists in a comparatively narrow frequency range and its onset fields are lower than those of the first bistability domain. The lowest bistability onset fields are obtained in the entire domain. This peculiarity of the optical induced bistability in the metal composite with small dielectric cores can be attractive for possible applications.     

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.     

Properties of defect modes in one-dimensional photonic crystals containing two nonlinear defects

Transmission properties of one-dimensional photonic crystal with two nonlinear defects were investigated based on the nonlinear transfer matrix method. From the inspection of the optical bistabilities around different defect modes, it was found that the threshold of bistability for the bonding mode is always lower than that for the anti-bonding mode. When intensity of the incident wave increases bistability could happen at any wavelength larger than the resonance wavelength of the linear anti-bonding mode in the gap. The threshold of bistability increases initially with the wavelength, then decreases sharply in reaching the resonance wavelength of the linear bonding mode. The coupling behavior of the two defects was also discussed, and it was found that the threshold of bistability increases with the distance between the two defects. A flat spectrum similar to that formed in the photonic crystal molecules was obtained under certain incident intensity.     

线偏振光在手征负折射介质中的古斯汉欣位移特性研究

从理论上分析了手征负折射介质中的横向位移特性,给出了线极化波入射条件下发生全反射时的横向位移随入射角的关系曲线。当入射角处于两个本征波的临界角之间时,TE和TM分量对应的横向位移方向相反。而当入射角大于全内反射角时,两个分量都将朝着正方向发生横向位移。通过比较发现手征负折射介质中的古斯汉欣位移特性与常规介质和一般手征介质也有着很大的不同之处。     

非线性布拉格光栅双稳特性的理论研究

基于耦合模理论，利用椭圆积分方法对非线性布拉格光栅(NLBG)的双稳特性进行了理论分析，推导出较为普遍情形下表述NLBG输出强度与输入强度之间关系的解析表达式，并采用数值模拟的方法研究了NLBG双稳态对光栅内部参数的依赖性.结果表明：NLBG双稳特性不仅对耦合系数与光栅长度的乘积具有整体依赖性，而且对耦合系数和光栅长度具有单一依赖性. 关键词： 非线性布拉格光栅 双稳态 椭圆积分 耦合系数     

Second-order bragg interaction in double grating couplers: TM mode

An analytical treatment of the second-order Bragg interaction is presented for the transverse magnetic mode of a dielectric film waveguide having gratings on both the film-cover and the film-substrate interfaces. Four canonical equations that describe the interactions of two guided waves propagating in the opposite directions in the film and the normally incident and radiated free waves in the cover and the substrate are deduced.     

Surface plasmon-assisted optical switching/bistability at telecommunication wavelengths in nonlinear dielectric gratings

In this paper, we numerically investigate nonlinear optical responses in dielectric gratings coated by flat metallic surface, where the structural parameters are chosen for wavelengths of operation at the telecom regime. The presented designs show the output light reflection with respect to the incident intensity of increasing, decreasing, and non-monotonic belt-shape functions. Nonlinear optical responses including switching and bistability appeared in the telecom region owing to assistance of surface plasmon resonance excited at the metal/dielectric interface, which enhances the diffraction efficiency and induces the momentum matching for the leaky modes of the dielectric grating. This results in electric intensity-effective refractive index dependence enhancement in the Kerr nonlinear media. Our design and investigation of the linear and nonlinear optical responses will provide a general guideline for a hybrid metallic-dielectric structure-based optical switching/bistability device design.     

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.     

Parametric scattering in a system of quasi-two-dimensional exciton polaritons under photoexcitation near the bottom of the upper polariton branch

Cascade processes of exciton-polariton scattering in a planar semiconductor microcavity taking place under resonance pumping near the bottom of the upper polariton branch are studied theoretically. When the conservation laws allow the decay of the resonantly excited state into two modes that belong to different (the upper and lower) polariton branches, the distribution of scattering directions has the general shape of two rings that correspond to the cross sections of the lower and upper polariton dispersion surfaces by constantenergy planes. Due to the interactions between the particles, instability develops in the system of scattered modes, which is accompanied by marked inhomogeneities in the distribution of the cavity photoluminescence signal. Self-organization in such a system leads to the appearance of solutions of an essentially collective nature. As the critical (threshold) pump power is attained, macroscopic occupancy of a predominant signal mode near the bottom of the lower polariton branch sets in. The characteristics of the signal for different powers and optical polarizations of the pump are analyzed.     

Effect of lightwave intensity fluctuations on the dynamics of nonresonance optical bistability near exciton resonance

The effect of lightwave intensity fluctuations on absorption bistability in the region of exciton resonances is studied. Below a critical magnitude of the incident laser radiation, bistability of the exciton states is induced by external noise, whereas above this magnitude the effect of external noise shifts the region of bistability to somewhat higher intensities of the incident light. It is shown that the probability of a spontaneous shift of states is exponentially small. Chernovtsy State University, Chernovtsy. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, Vol. 41, No. 12, pp. 94–98, December, 1998.