关于椭圆偏振光与圆偏振光的实验验证

讨论了椭圆偏振光与圆偏振光的实验验证,从理论和实验两方面指出并分析了目前存在的一些问题．     

Experimental observation of speckle instability in Kerr random media

In a disordered nonlinear medium the transmitted speckle pattern was predicted to become unstable as a result of the positive feedback between intensity fluctuations and local variations of the refractive index. We show experimental evidence of speckle instability for light transversally scattered in a liquid crystal cell, where a two-dimensional controlled disorder is imprinted by suitable illumination of a photoconductive wall and nonlinearity is obtained through optical reorientation of the liquid crystal molecules. The speckle pattern spontaneously oscillates at discrete frequencies above a critical threshold, whose dependence on the scattering mean free path confirms the crucial role of disorder in the feedback process.     

Experimental observation of orthogonally polarized time-delayed optical soliton trapping in birefringent fibers

Propagation of two orthogonally polarized time-delayed optical solitons in low-birefringence optical fiber is studied experimentally. We demonstrate soliton trapping and collisions and also the ability to control the separation and shape of soliton pulses by varying the power at the input of the fiber.     

Nonparaxiality stabilizes three-dimensional soliton beams in Kerr media

On the basis of simple physical arguments involving energy flows and power invariants, we show that nonparaxiality stabilizes (1+2D) soliton beams in Kerr media.     

非局域非线性克尔介质中两极孤子的变分解

利用变分法对一种假设的两极孤子进行了研究,得到了该两极孤子的参数耦合方程,并对由参数耦合方程得到的结果进行了数值模拟.结果表明,在光束能量较高,趋近于强非局域的情况下,两极孤子横向强度呈一阶厄米-高斯型分布;光束能量较低的弱非局域情况下,两极孤子的两个强度峰之间有一个平台出现.此两极孤子模型还可退化为高斯光束,得到高斯孤子解.     

Phase matched vectorial three-wave mixing in isotropic Kerr media

A theoretical analysis of vectorial three-wave mixing in isotropic Kerr media is presented. The analysis based on the coupled-wave equations describes the amplification of a weak wave by coupling with a strong pump wave phase matched by optically induced change of average refractive index. The phase matching condition for interacting waves with different polarizations is calculated, allowing a large amplification of a weak wave by three-wave mixing in thick Kerr media. The main conclusions of our theoretical analysis are supported by the results of experiments in CS₂ liquid medium.     

Experimental observation of temporal soliton molecules

A bound state of temporal solitons in optical fibers is predicted numerically and demonstrated experimentally. It is appropriately described as a pair of bright solitons, bound together by a dark soliton. This structure exists only in dispersion-managed fiber and is different from bound solitons in fiber lasers.     

Nonlinear reflection of elliptically polarized light

Nonlinear reflection of elliptically polarized light waves from the interface of two isotropic transparent media, is investigated for the first time. Nonlinear Fresnel formulae are obtained. It is shown, that when linear refractive indices are equalized, selfdeformation of the polarization ellipse in nonlinear reflection depends only on incident light ellipticity, not upon its intensity and the angle of incidence.     

Shortened equations for the elliptically polarized wave

The field of an elliptically polarized wave is represented for the convenient solution of practical problems. The wave amplitude is written in terms of four parameters: magnitude E, phase φ, angle ψ of the polarization plane, and ellipticity ? (|?| is the ratio of the ellipse axes). The shortened equations are derived using these parameters and the solution of the shortened equations is obtained for a linear medium.     

Incoherently coupled vector dipole soliton pairs in nonlocal media

We investigate the incoherently and strongly coupled Manakov vector dipole soliton pairs in nonlocal nonlinear media. We use variational approach, to describe analytical properties of these solutions in a strongly nonlocal regime. We show that the presence of fundamental component improve stability of the dipole nonlocal soliton. In the limit of highly nonlocal nonlinearity, the evolution behaviors of the vector solitons is determined by their total power.     

Experimental preparation of pure superposition states of atoms via elliptically polarized bichromatic radiation

We propose a simple and effective way of creating pure dark superposition states. The generation of pure states is carried out by using bichromatic radiation with controllable polarization ellipticity. We experimentally confirm analytic formulas for polarization ellipticity to obtain m-m pure dark states in the system of Zeeman sublevels of alkali atoms. For 87Rb we experimentally accumulated 60% of the atoms in the 0-0 dark state and 50% into the (+/-1) - (+/-1) dark states.     

Collision between scalar and vector spatial solitons in Kerr media

Experimental observation and numerical results concerning collisions between scalar and vector spatial solitons in a Kerr planar waveguide are presented. It is shown that this configuration allows for the full control of spatial and polarization dynamics of the interacting vector solitons. On the one hand, the ability to achieve polarization control of a single-hump vector soliton is demonstrated. On the other hand, the effect of collision on the spatial symmetry-breaking dynamics of multimode vector solitons is investigated.     

Propagation of elliptically polarized laser pulses in isotropic gyrotropic medium with relaxation cubic nonlinearity and anomalous frequency dispersion

The self-action of elliptically polarized Gaussian laser pulses in an isotropic gyrotropic medium with an anomalous frequency dispersion and cubic Kerr nonlinearity with a finite relaxation time on the order of the pulse duration is numerically studied. It is shown that, at the output of the medium, the pulse polarization nonmonotonically varies with time. The main peak of the pulse is additionally delayed compared to the time of passing the linear medium; the value of this delay significantly depends on the polarization of the incident pulse and achieves a maximum for incident pulses whose degree of ellipticity is equal to the ratio of the material constants characterizing the local and nonlocal nonlinear optical response of the medium. It seems promising to search for possible differences in relaxation times depending on the intensity of additions to the refractive indices of the right and left circularly polarized waves by investigating the time dependence of polarization characteristics at the output of the medium.     

Quasi-stable propagation of vortices and soliton clusters in saturable Kerr media with square-root nonlinearity

Analytical and numerical investigation of the propagation of optical beams in Kerr-like saturable photorefractive media is carried out, utilizing a novel model for the local isotropic part of the space-charge field generated in the medium. Using a variational technique, optimal propagation parameters for the most stable propagation of otherwise unstable single Gaussian, single vortex, and optical soliton cluster beams are determined. Analogy between a ring of identical weakly overlapping solitons and a vortex of the same topological charge is explored.     

Transverse and soliton instabilities due to counterpropagation through a reflection grating in Kerr media

Transverse instabilities are shown to accompany counterpropagation of optical beams through reflection gratings in Kerr media. The instability threshold of continuous waves is analytically derived, and it is shown that the presence of the grating broadens and narrows the stability region of plane waves in focusing and defocusing media, respectively. Furthermore, counterpropagating soliton stability is numerically investigated and compared with the transverse modulation instability analysis, revealing an underlying physical link.     

Specific features of the self-action of elliptically polarized light pulses and the formation of vector solitons in an isotropic medium with the anomalous frequency dispersion and the spatial dispersion of cubic nonlinearity

Numerical methods are used to study the effect of local and nonlocal nonlinear optical susceptibilities on the parameters of a soliton whose degree of ellipticity depends on time and that is formed at a distance of several dispersion lengths in a medium with the anomalous frequency dispersion. The rotation angle of the major axis of the polarization ellipse does not depend on time and linearly increases with an increasing propagation coordinate. If the tensor components of the local nonlinear susceptibility have opposite signs, the incident elliptically polarized pulse can propagate in the regime that involves the pulse splitting into components for which the absolute values of the electric-field degrees of ellipticity are close to unity. In this case, the electric-field vector at the center of the pulse rotates in the opposite direction with respect to the rotation at the edges.     

Efficient generation of highly elliptically polarized attosecond pulses

We theoretically demonstrate a scheme to efficiently generate attosecond pulses with high ellipticity by a counter-rotating bicircular field with frequency ratio of 1 : 3 (800 + 267 nm) and 1 : 4 (1600 + 400 nm). It is shown that efficient attosecond pulses with high ellipticity of 0.54 (800 + 267 nm) and 0.79 (1600 + 400nm) can be generated. We also investigate the scaling law of high harmonic generation yield. It is shown that the intensity of the high harmonics can be increased by more than one order of magnitude in the bicircular fields with higher frequency ratios. The high ellipticity and high efficiency of high harmonics are explained by analyzing the symmetry of driving field and the classical electron trajectories.     

Role of excited states in the elliptically polarized harmonic generation

We theoretically investigate the contribution of the excited state to the ellipticity of the harmonics from H＋ at different orientation angles irradiated by a linearly polarized laser pulse. It is found that the first excited state has a significant influence to the ellipticity of the harmonics, and the contribution of higher excited states to the ellipticity can be neglected. Moreover, the conclusion is not dependent on the laser intensity.