二维不可压流体Kelvin-Helmholtz不稳定性的弱非线性研究

通过将扰动速度势展至三阶,提出了Kelvin-Helmholtz（KH）不稳定性的弱非线性理论.在模耦合过程中观察到一个重要的共振现象,共振使得模耦合过程变得相当复杂,单模扰动很快进入非线性区,产生大量高次谐波,共振加强了非线性作用.分析了单模扰动中二次和三次谐波产生效应,以及对基模指数增长的非线性校正.模拟结果支持了解析理论.利用该理论,分析了KH不稳定的非线性阈值问题. 关键词： Kelvin-Helmholtz不稳定性 弱非线性理论 非线性阈值     

高功率超高斯光束传输的非线性补偿研究

 分析了高功率超高斯光束在非线性介质中传播的基本理论，用分步傅里叶变换方法计算了10阶超高斯光束在非线性介质内的传输过程，最后采用具有负折射率系数的非线性介质作为补偿材料，对不同的补偿方式进行了对比分析。研究表明，四种补偿方式均可以大大减小光束的B积分，有效防止超高斯光束边缘的非线性增长，降低光束的小尺度自聚焦，同时选用后补偿作为最佳补偿方式。     

The equation of state of a microinhomogeneous medium and the frequency dependence of its elastic nonlinearity

In the framework of a rheological model, a nonlinear dynamic equation of state of a microinhomogeneous medium containing nonlinear viscoelastic inclusions is derived. The frequency dependences of the effective nonlinear parameters are determined for the difference frequency and second harmonic generation processes in the case of a quadratic elastic nonlinearity. It is shown that the frequency dependence of the nonlinear elasticity of the medium is governed by the linear relaxation response of the inclusions at the primary excitation frequency, as well as by the relaxation of the inclusions at the nonlinear generation frequencies.     

The effects of different dispersion compensation ratios on nonlinear single channel and WDM systems

The effects of the compensation ratio with dispersion post-compensation on nonlinear single channel and WDM systems with 10 Gb/s per channel are numerically investigated. When the transmission signal per channel is 10 Gb/s RZ pulse and the amplifier span is 50 km, proper undercompensation can enhance the performance of the nonlinear single channel system and the nonlinear WDM system. But the enhanced distance of the nonlinear WDM system is not as obvious as that of the single channel system, because the cross-phase-modulation effect plays an important role in the nonlinear WDM system.     

Spectral renormalization method for computing self-localized solutions to nonlinear systems

A new numerical scheme for computing self-localized states--or solitons--of nonlinear waveguides is proposed. The idea behind the method is to transform the underlying equation governing the soliton, such as a nonlinear Schr?dinger-type equation, into Fourier space and determine a nonlinear nonlocal integral equation coupled to an algebraic equation. The coupling prevents the numerical scheme from diverging. The nonlinear guided mode is then determined from a convergent fixed point iteration scheme. This spectral renormalization method can find wide applications in nonlinear optics and related fields such as Bose-Einstein condensation and fluid mechanics.     

扭摆振动实验

为了丰富“非线性系统实验”课程的教学内容,开设了扭摆振动实验,将力学中的非线性现象引入到教学中.在实验内容的设计上,采取线性振动和非线性振动相结合的方式,即:首先研究扭摆的线性振动,如阻尼振动、受迫振动等,先对振动问题有基本的理解,然后再研究扭摆的非线性振动,分别固定驱动频率、改变励磁电流和固定励磁电流、改变驱动频率,观察非线性摆的运动情况.     

Subwavelength discrete solitons in nonlinear metamaterials

We present the first study of subwavelength discrete solitons in nonlinear metamaterials: nanoscaled periodic structures consisting of metal and nonlinear dielectric slabs. The solitons supported by such media result from a balance between tunneling of surface plasmon modes and nonlinear self-trapping. The dynamics in such systems, arising from the threefold interplay between periodicity, nonlinearity, and surface plasmon polaritons, is substantially different from that in conventional nonlinear dielectric waveguide arrays. We expect these phenomena to inspire fundamental studies as well as potential applications of nonlinear metamaterials, particularly in subwavelength nonlinear optics.     

On the interaction of the responses at the resonance frequencies of a nonlinear two degrees-of-freedom system

This paper describes the dynamic behaviour of a coupled system which includes a nonlinear hardening system driven harmonically by a shaker. The shaker is modelled as a linear single degree-of-freedom system and the nonlinear system under test is modelled as a hardening Duffing oscillator. The mass of the nonlinear system is much less than the moving mass of the shaker and thus the nonlinear system has little effect on the shaker dynamics. The nonlinearity is due to the geometric configuration consisting of a mass suspended on four springs, which incline as they are extended. Following experimental validation, the model is used to explore the dynamic behaviour of the system under a range of different conditions. Of particular interest is the situation when the linear natural frequency of the nonlinear system is less than the natural frequency of the shaker such that the frequency response curve of the nonlinear system bends to higher frequencies and thus interacts with the resonance frequency of the shaker. It is found that for some values of the system parameters a complicated frequency response curve for the nonlinear system can occur; closed detached curves can appear as a part of the overall amplitude-frequency response. These detached curves can lie outside or inside the main resonance curve, and a physical explanation for their occurrence is given.     

非线性多端网络理论

作为对非线性网络研究上的一个尝试,在文中引入了多端网络理论,研究限于具有恒定通量的非线性网络。得到了关于非线性N端,2n端,p+1端,2(p+1)端网络的两个基本性质。     

Chaos from nonlinear Markov processes: Why the whole is different from the sum of its parts

Nonlinear Markov processes have been frequently used to address bifurcations and multistability in equilibrium and non-equilibrium many-body systems. However, our understanding of the range of phenomena produced by nonlinear Markov processes is still in its infancy. We demonstrate that in addition to bifurcations and multistability nonlinear Markov processes can exhibit another key phenomena well known in the realm of nonlinear physics: chaos. It is argued that chaotically evolving process probabilities are a generic feature of many-body systems exhibiting nonlinear Markov processes even if the isolated subsystems do not exhibit chaos. That is, when considering a nonlinear Markov process as an entity of its own type, then the nonlinear Markov process in general is qualitatively different from its constituent subprocesses, which reflects that the many-body system as a whole is different from the sum of its parts.     

The geometric phase in nonlinear frequency conversion

The geometric phase of light has been demonstrated in various platforms of the linear optical regime, raising interest both for fundamental science as well as applications, such as flat optical elements. Recently, the concept of geometric phases has been extended to nonlinear optics, following advances in engineering both bulk nonlinear photonic crystals and nonlinear metasurfaces. These new technologies offer a great promise of applications for nonlinear manipulation of light. In this review, we cover the recent theoretical and experimental advances in the field of geometric phases accompanying nonlinear frequency conversion. We first consider the case of bulk nonlinear photonic crystals, in which the interaction between propagating waves is quasi-phase-matched, with an engineerable geometric phase accumulated by the light. Nonlinear photonic crystals can offer efficient and robust frequency conversion in both the linearized and fully-nonlinear regimes of interaction, and allow for several applications including adiabatic mode conversion, electromagnetic nonreciprocity and novel topological effects for light. We then cover the rapidly-growing field of nonlinear Pancharatnam-Berry metasurfaces, which allow the simultaneous nonlinear generation and shaping of light by using ultrathin optical elements with subwavelength phase and amplitude resolution. We discuss the macroscopic selection rules that depend on the rotational symmetry of the constituent meta-atoms, the order of the harmonic generations, and the change in circular polarization. Continuous geometric phase gradients allow the steering of light beams and shaping of their spatial modes. More complex designs perform nonlinear imaging and multiplex nonlinear holograms, where the functionality is varied according to the generated harmonic order and polarization. Recent advancements in the fabrication of three dimensional nonlinear photonic crystals, as well as the pursuit of quantum light sources based on nonlinear metasurfaces, offer exciting new possibilities for novel nonlinear optical applications based on geometric phases.     

Nonlinear fluctuation-dissipation relations and stochastic models in nonequilibrium thermodynamics: I. Generalized fluctuation-dissipation theorem

The paper is devoted to the theory of thermal fluctuations in nonlinear macroscopic systems and to the derivation of variational principles of nonlinear nonequilibrium thermodynamics. In the first part of the paper rigorous universal fluctuation-dissipation relations for nonlinear classical and quantum systems, subjected to dynamic as well as thermodynamic perturbations, are derived and analyzed. General expressions for dissipative fluxes and nonlinear transfer coefficients with the help of fluctuation cumulants are found. The canonical structure of nonlinear evolution equations of macrovariables is derived and the rule of introducing langevinian random forces into these equations, in accordance with fluctuation-dissipation relations. A Markovian theory of fluctuations in a stationary nonequilibrium state is constructed.     

Nonlinear photonics with metallic nanostructures on top of dielectrics and waveguides

We review recent experimental and theoretical studies of the ultrafast and nonlinear optical response of metallic nanostructures on top of dielectric substrates and slab waveguides where plasmon hybridization is a key ingredient. In a first three-pulse all-optical control experiment a hybrid plasmonic mode is turned on or off only a few tens of femtoseconds after its excitation. A second experiment concentrates on the origin of the nonlinear response in a metallo-dielectric photonic crystal structure. We show that the shape of the nonlinear optical spectra provides unambiguous information about the nonlinear optical contribution of the metallic as well as the dielectric part of the structure. Furthermore, we discuss the influence of slow-light on the nonlinear response. All experimental results agree perfectly with numerical scattering matrix calculations as well as simulations based on a classical harmonic oscillator model.     

Accessing the optical nonlinearity of metals with metal- dielectric photonic bandgap structures

Metals typically have very large nonlinear susceptibilities (~10(6) times larger than those of typical dielectrics), but because they are nearly opaque their nonlinear properties are effectively inaccessible. We demonstrate numerically that a multilayer metal-dielectric structure in which the metal is the dominant nonlinear [chi((3))] material can have much larger intensity-dependent changes in the complex amplitude of the transmitted beam than a bulk sample containing the same thickness of metal. For 80 nm of copper the magnitude of the nonlinear phase shift is predicted to be as much as 40 times larger for the layered copper-silica sample, and the transmission is also greatly increased. The effective nonlinear refractive-index coefficient n(2) of this composite material can be as large as (3+6iota)x10(-9) cm (2)/W , which is among the largest values for known, reasonably transmissive materials.     

Nonlinear wave propagation in constrained solids subjected to thermal loads

The classical mathematical treatment governing nonlinear wave propagation in solids relies on finite strain theory. In this scenario, a system of nonlinear partial differential equations can be derived to mathematically describe nonlinear phenomena such as acoustoelasticity (wave speed dependency on quasi-static stress), wave interaction, wave distortion, and higher-harmonic generation. The present work expands the topic of nonlinear wave propagation to the case of a constrained solid subjected to thermal loads. The origin of nonlinear effects in this case is explained on the basis of the anharmonicity of interatomic potentials, and the absorption of the potential energy corresponding to the (prevented) thermal expansion. Such “residual” energy is, at least, cubic as a function of strain, hence leading to a nonlinear wave equation and higher-harmonic generation. Closed-form solutions are given for the longitudinal wave speed and the second-harmonic nonlinear parameter as a function of interatomic potential parameters and temperature increase. The model predicts a decrease in longitudinal wave speed and a corresponding increase in nonlinear parameter with increasing temperature, as a result of the thermal stresses caused by the prevented thermal expansion of the solid. Experimental measurements of the ultrasonic nonlinear parameter on a steel block under constrained thermal expansion confirm this trend. These results suggest the potential of a nonlinear ultrasonic measurement to quantify thermal stresses from prevented thermal expansion. This knowledge can be extremely useful to prevent thermal buckling of various structures, such as continuous-welded rails in hot weather.     

受激拉曼散射对非线性介质波导的时空不稳定性影响

基于非线性包络方程我们研究了平面非线性介质波导中的时空不稳定性,得到了有拉曼散射效应情形下不稳定性调制的增益谱的表达式.结果表明在正常和反常两种群速度色散情形下,拉曼散射效应都会导致出现新的不稳定性区域,并且使原有的每一个谱分量的增益上升从而使谱的范围扩大.并通过分析反常色散情况下四种不同函数分布的非线性色散介质系数对不稳定性增益谱的影响,得到呈双曲函数分布的非线性色散介质最为理想.     

Description of Pulse Propagation in Optical Strip Waveguides by the Generalized Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation

Taking into consideration the transverse confinement, the dispersion of the linear as well as of the nonlinear part of the refractive index and the nonlinear interaction of the electromagnetic field with the guiding material, the yielding equation for the envelope function of the fundamental mode propagating in a strip waveguide is the generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equation. In contrast to the nonlinear Schrödinger equation, solitons of the generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equation exist in the regimes of negative and positive group dispersion and are asymmetric.     

Self-action of light beams in nonlinear media: soliton solutions

The behaviour of light beams in nonlinear media (self-focussing of optical beams as well as self-modulation and transmission of optical pulses) is considered in the case when the nonlinear polarization contains susceptibilities of third- and fifth-order. The soliton solutions are obtained for the nonlinear equations deduced.     

Nonlinear structures in electroencephalogram signals

We apply a nonlinear prediction algorithm to investigate the presence of nonlinear structure in electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings. The EEG signal could be modeled as a realization of a nonlinear model plus a residual noise (uncorrelated Gaussian noise). Using linear and nonlinear models we analyze the statistical nature of these residual noises in the case of epileptic patients and normal subjects. We found that the residual noise presents Gaussian distribution for epileptic patients if a nonlinear model is used whereas in the case of normal subjects the residual noise will exhibit a Gaussian distribution only if a linear model (autoregressive) is used. These results provide another evidence of the nonlinear character of the epileptic seizure recordings, while the normal EEG seems to be better described as linearly correlated noise.     

Stochastic Processes and Mean Field Systems Defined by Nonlinear Markov Chains: An Illustration for a Model of Evolutionary Population Dynamics

In physics, there is a growing interest in studying stochastic processes described by evolution equations such as nonlinear master equations and nonlinear Fokker–Planck equations that define the so-called nonlinear Markov processes and are nonlinear with respect to probability densities. In this context, however, relatively little is known about nonlinear Markov processes defined by nonlinear Markov chains. In the present work, we demonstrate explicitly how the nonlinear Markov chain approach can be carried out by addressing a model for evolutionary population dynamics. In line with the nonlinear Markov chain approach, we derive a measure that tells us how attractive it is for a biological entity to evolve towards a particular biological type. Likewise, a measure for the noise level of the evolutionary process is obtained. Both measures are found to be implicitly time dependent. Finally, a simulation scheme for the many-body system corresponding to the Markov chain model is discussed.