Localized Mode Enhanced Coupler Based on Quasi-One-Dimensional Photonic Crystal Microstrip

We propose a novel localized mode enhanced (LME) coupler based on quasi-one-dimensional photonic crystal microstrips, which is promising to be applied in wavelength division multiplexed microwave communication systems. Compared to the traditional microstrip coupler, the LME structure has two advantages: high efficiency and frequency selectivity. Even in a relatively far coupling distance, this structure can still achieve a high efficiency about 50%. The frequency selectivity can be realized by simply tuning the distance between two transmission lines.     

Widely Tunable Femtosecond Soliton Pulse Generation by Using Soliton-Frequency Shift in a Photonic Crystal Fibre

Femtosecond Raman soliton generation, tunable from 800 to 1044nm, has been theoretically investigated for a photonic crystal fibre pumped by a 200-fs pulse. A highly nonlinear photonic crystal fibre with a length of only 57.7cm and a nonlinear coefficient of 0.075 (Wm)^-1 is used to achieved such a broadband. It is found that the spectral bandwidth increases with the input peak power. In particular, it is also found that the output wavelengths of the resulting sub-40 fs Raman solitons can also be tuned effectively by varying the initial pulse chirp. There exists an optimal positive chirp which maximizes the bandwidth, corresponding to the formation of only one long-wavelength Raman soliton.     

Focusing Properties in Photonic Crystal Structure Formed by Air Holes in Dielectric Background with Concave Interface

We investigate the focusing properties of photonic crystal structures with a concavo-concave as the photonic crystal boundary. The photonic crystal is constituted by air holes parallelly distributed in a uniform dielectric. A good-quality focus of a plane wave can appear out of the photonic crystal structure, and a strong far field focus is also formed from the photonic crystal interface. A negative-refractive beam at the frequency 0.195 （2πc/α） for the excited Bloch wave mode near the Brillouin zone edges under all incident angles are obtained by simulation.     

An Optical Parametric Amplifier in Photonic Crystals of Nondispersive Medium with Perfect Bloch Phase Matching

One-dimensional photonic crystal of second-order nonlinearity is studied. Among the three waves of the parametric interaction process of down-conversion with a nondispersive medium, two gap-edge localized modes and one travelling-mode are proposed, and an exact phase matching condition is realized using the periodic condition     

Mechanism of Pseudogap Detected by Electronic Raman Scattering： Phase Fluctuation or Hidden Order？

We study the electronic Raman scattering in the cuprates to distinguish the two possible scenarios of the pseudogap normal state. In one scenario, the pseudogap is assumed to be caused by phase fluctuations of the preformed Cooper pairs. We find that pair-breaking peaks appear in both the B1g and B2g Raman channels, and they axe smeared and tend to shift to the same energy with the increasing strength of phase fluctuations. Thus both channels reflect the same pairing energy scale, irrespectively of the doping level. In another scenario, the pseudogap is assumed to be caused by a hidden order that competes with the superconducting order. As an example, we assume that the hidden order is the d-density-wave （DDW） order. We find analytically and numerically that in the DDW normal state there is no Raman peak in the B2g channel in a tight-binding model up to the second nearest-neighbor hopping, while the Raman peak in the Big channel reflects the energy gap caused by the DDW order. This behavior is in agreement with experiments in the pseudogap normal state. To gain further insights, we also calculate the Raman spectra in the DDW＋SC state. We study the doping and temperature dependence of the peak energy in both channels and find a two-gap behavior, which is in agreement with recent Raman experiments. Therefore, our results shed light on the hidden order scenario for the pseudogap.     

Effects of transverse profile of pump field on second harmonic generation in periodic nonlinear materials

We report on a theoreticalanalysis of the effects of a converging pump field of Gaussian transverse profile on second harmonic generation in a periodic nonlinear material with quasi-phase-matching. The outputs of the centre intensity and the intensity flux for second harmonic generation are derived by simulation, based on the parameters of quasi-phase-mismatch, the waist and focus positions of the input pump beam. The results show that when the transverse profile of the pump field is taken into account, the quasi-phase-match value and focus position of input beam for maximal second harmonic generation flollow new criteria.     

Spectral Broadening in a Polarization-Maintaining Photonic Crystal Fibre by Femtosecond Pulses from an Optical Parametric Amplifier

The spectral broadening with the bandwidth of 83nm (1.2486-1.3318μm) in the 1.3μm region is achieved in a 0.2-m-long, polarization-maintaining photonic crystal fibre (PCF) with an average core radius of 1.8 μm, pumped by optical pulses at the wavelength 1.269μm, with the duration 25ors and the repetition rate 250kHz from an optical parametric amplifier. The polarization characteristics of the output spectra are also investigated.     

Sizable Residual Quasiparticle Density of States Induced by Impurity Scattering Effect in Ba（Fe1-xCox）2As2 Single Crystals

Low-temperature specific heat Cp is measured on Ba（Fe1-xCox）2As2 single crystals in a wide doping region. A sizeable residual specific heat coefficient γo is observed in the low temperature limit of all samples. The specific heat jump near Tc, i.e. ΔCp/T／T_c, is also determined. It is found that -γo, ΔCp/T／T_c and Tc all share a similar evolution with doping. These can be well understood within the model of S± pairing symmetry when accounting for the cobalt-dopants as unitary scattering centers in the FeAs planes. Our results reveal a non-trivial impact of impurity scattering in FeAs-based.     

Dynamic Phase-Mapping of Domain Nucleation in MgO：LiNbO3 Crystal by Digital Holographic Interferometry

The quantitative phase-mapping of the domain nucleation in MgO：LiNbO3 crystals is presented by using the digital holographic interferometry. An unexpected peak phase at the beginning of the domain nucleation is observed and it is lowered as the spreading of the domain nucleus. The existence of the nucleus changes the moving speed of the domain wall by pinning it for 3 s. Such in-situ quantitative analysis of the domain nucleation process is a key to optimizing domain structure fabrication.     

Effect of 6H-SiC （1120） substrate on epitaxial graphene revealed by Raman scattering

A nonpolar SiC(1120) substrate has been used to fabricate epitaxial graphene (EG). Two EGs with layer numbers of 8-10 (referred to as MLG) and 2-3 (referred to as FLG) were used as representative to study the substrate effect on EG through temperature dependent Raman scattering. It is found that Raman lineshifts of G and 2D peaks of the MLG with temperature are consistent with that of a free graphene predicted by theory calculation, indicating that the substrate influence on the MLG is undetectable. While Raman G peak lineshifts of the FLG to that of the free graphene are obvious, however, its lineshift rate (-0.016 cm^-1/K) is almost one third of that (-0.043 cm^-1/K) of a EG on 6H-SiC (0001) in the temperature range from 300 K to 400 K, indicating a weak substrate effect from SiC (1120) on the FLG. This renders the FLG a high mobility around 1812 cm²- ·V^-1-·s^-1 at room temperature even with a very high carrier concentration about 2.95× 10¹³ cm^-2 (p-type). These suggest SiC (1120) is more suitable for fabricating EG with high performance.     

Preparation of Cluster States for Many Atoms in Cavity QED

We propose a scheme for the generation of the cluster states for many atoms in cavity QED. In our scheme, the atoms are sent through nonresonant cavity fields in the vacuum states. The cavity fields are only virtually excited and no quantum information will be transferred from the atoms to the cavity fields. The advantage is that the cavities are suppressed during the procedure. The scheme can also be generalized to the ion trap system.     

Preparation of Cluster States for Many Atoms in Cavity QED

We propose a scheme for the generation of the cluster states for many atoms in cavity QED. In our scheme,the atoms are sent through nonresonant cavity fields in the vacuum states. The cavity fields are only virtually excited and no quantum information will be transferred from the atoms to the cavity fields. The advantage is that the cavities are suppressed during the procedure. The scheme can also be generalized to the ion trap system.     

Effective Scheme for Generating Cluster States in Cavity QED

We propose a scheme to prepare many two-mode cavities into one-dimensional cluster states in the context of cavity QED. The left-circularly polarized state and right-circularly polarized state of the cavity are encoded as the logic zero and one of the qubits. In the scheme, the atomic spontaneous emission is suppressed, and the fidelity is unaffected by the cavity decay on the assumption that the detection efficiencies of all the photondetectors are 1.     

Quantum Logic Gates and Cluster States with Four-level Atoms in Cavity QED

We propose a model to implement the two-qubit quantum logic gates, i.e., the quantum phase gate and the Controlled-NOT gate, and generate the atomic qubits cluster states with a large detuned interaction between four-level atoms and a single-mode cavity field. In the presented protocol, the quantum information is encoded on the stable ground states of the atoms, and the effect of decoherence from atomic spontaneous emission is negligible. In addition, the interaction between atoms and the cavity is large detuned, and the cavity is only virtually excited. Therefore, the scheme is insensitive to the cavity decay. The experimental feasibility of our proposal is also discussed.     

Generation of Maximally Entangled States of Two Nonidentical Atoms in Cavity QED

We have discussed the system which consists of two nonidentical two-level atoms trapped simultaneously in a large-detuned single-mode cavity field in this paper. The results show that it is possible to generate maximally entangled states for two nonidentical two-level atoms only if the cavity frequency and difference of two nonidentical atoms transition frequency are selected and the cavity-atom interacation time is controlled.     

Generation of Maximally Entangled States of Two Nonidentical Atoms in Cavity QED

We have discussed the system which consists of two nonidentical two-level atoms trapped simultaneously in a large-detuned single-mode cavity field in this paper. The results show that it is possible to generate maximally entangled states for two nonidentical two-level atoms only if the cavity frequency and difference of two nonidentical atoms transition frequency are selected and the cavity-atom interacation time is controlled.     

Generation of W States with Many Superconducting-Quantum-Interference-Devices in Cavity QED

We propose a scheme to generate the W states with manySQUIDs (superconducting-quantum-interference-devices) in cavity QED viaRaman transition. In this scheme, the transfer of quantum informationbetween the SQUIDs and cavity is not required. And the cavity field is onlyvirtually excited, thus the cavity decay is suppressed during the W statesgeneration. The SQUIDs are always populated in the two ground states.Therefore, the scheme is insensitive to the spontaneous emission of theexcited level of the SQUID and cavity decay.     

Generation of Multi-atom Entanglement of Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger and W States in Cavity QED

A method to prepare multi-particle entanglement of Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger-type and W-type is proposed through the interaction between the cavity and many atoms simultaneously . After suitable interaction, the selected measurements on the cavity field can create the entangled atomic states. These entangled states can be useful for quantum information manipulation and fundamental study of quantum theory. These states that violate the Bell‘s inequality are proven.     

A Scheme for Generating Entangled Squeezed States Based on Cavity QED

We propose a scheme for generating entangled squeezed vacuum states of electromagnetical fields. The scheme is based on cavity QED. In this scheme, an atom interacts, successively, with a classical field, two quantum cavity fields, and another classical field. By detecting the final states of the atom, the two quantum cavity fields will be projected to an entangled state.     

Generation of Multi-atom Entanglement of Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger and W States in Cavity QED

A method to prepare multi-particle entanglement of Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger-type and W-type is proposed through the interaction between the cavity and many atoms simultaneously . After suitable interaction, the selected measurements on the cavity field can create the entangled atomic states. These entangled states can be useful for quantum information manipulation and fundamental study of quantum theory. These states that violate the Bell‘s inequality are proven.