On the efficiency of small-angle Čerenkov second harmonic generation in optical waveguides

It is well known that in the non-depleted pump approximation, the efficiency of a second harmonic generation (SHG) of a guided mode in a non-linear optical waveguide increases quadratically with the interaction length (P ₂ L ²), and linearly (P ₂ L) in the erenkov regime. The efficiency of the erenkov SHG in the waveguide with a non-linear substrate and linear guiding layer is known to be strongly peaked at a particular pump wavelength and a particular waveguide thickness, with the erenkov angle approaching zero. The known theory predicts an infinite efficiency value at the peak, however. In this contribution, a simple integral expression for the SHG efficiency in the erenkov regime is derived. For large erenkov angles and interaction lengths it yields the expected P ₂ L dependence, while in the limit of small erenkov angles the dependence is found to have the form of P L ^3/2, possessing also a finite value at the efficiency peak. The condition determining the accurate position of the efficiency peak in the waveguide thickness–pump wavelength plane is given, too.     

Continuous-flow optical pumping NMR in a closed circuit system

In a typical continuous-flow optical pumping setup, the chemical shift of xenon in the adsorbed phase depends on the gas flow rate due to warming of the sample surface by the gas stream. Calibration of the system using the (207)Pb resonance of solid lead nitrate is necessary to determine the actual sample temperature. Optimum pulse repetition rates are strongly affected by gas flow and spin-lattice relaxation rates. The interplay of flow and pulse repetition rate alters signal intensity ratios and may lead to the complete suppression of signals.     

Bistable behaviour in squeezed vacua: II. Stability analysis and chaos

Linear stability analysis and (numerical) investigation of the periodic and chaotic self-pulsing behaviour are presented for the Maxwell-Bloch equations of a bistable model in contact with a squeezed vacuum field. Effect of the squeeze phase parameter on the period doubling bifurcation that preceeds chaos is examined for the adiabatic and non-adiabatic regimes.     

Efficient population transfer by delayed pulses despite coupling ambiguity

In traditional schemes of multilevel multilaser excitation, each laser pulse interacts with only one pair of states, and the rotating wave approximation (RWA) is applicable. Here we study the population transfer process in a three-state system when each of the two lasers interacts with each of the pair of states and when the Rabi frequencies characterizing the interaction strengths of the system are comparable to or larger than the difference of the transition frequencies. We show that complete and robust population transfer is possible under conditions more general than those hitherto considered necessary for stimulated Raman adiabatic passage (STIRAP) or for successive π pulses. Using adiabatic Floquet theory we show that successful population transfer can be interpreted as adiabatic passage by means of a transfer state which connects the initial and final states. The Floquet picture offers a convenient interpretation of the population transfer as accompanied by multiple absorption of photons from or emission into the laser fields.     

发散光束抽运的宽带光参量啁啾脉冲放大系统的理论研究

对发散光束抽运的光参量啁啾脉冲放大器的增益带宽进行了系统的理论研究.采用空间傅里叶变换和四阶Runge-Kutta算法，分别模拟了非衍射极限情况下的高斯光束和空间频谱为矩形的发散光束作为抽运光时的增益曲线.结果表明：不管是在可见光或是在近红外光谱区，用发散光束均可以明显地改善光参量啁啾脉冲放大系统的增益带宽.选取合适的发散角和抽运光强，可以获得高增益、宽谱带的信号光输出. 关键词： 光参量啁啾脉冲放大 增益带宽 发散角 高斯光束     

利用偏振控制器连续调节光纤环镜的反射率

研究了一种新型光纤环镜(FLM)的原理与特性，这种FLM由在普通光纤环镜中插入光纤型偏振控制器(PC)构成.通过等效光路分析建立了该FLM的理论模型，并对其反射特性进行了数值模拟.研究表明，通过改变PC的状态，即改变其双折射效应的快轴取向或强度，可连续调节FLM的反射率，反射率谱具有宽带特性，主要受光纤耦合器工作带宽的影响.此外，对FLM的反射特性还进行了实验研究.实验结果也证实，通过调节PC状态，FLM反射率可在其最大和最小值之间连续调节，实验测得FLM最大和最小反射率分别可达93%和2%.根据PC双折 关键词： 光纤环镜 偏振控制器 光纤耦合器 反射率     

头盔式单目微光夜视仪中光学系统的设计

为提高头盔式单目微光夜视仪中光学系统的成像质量，并满足夜视仪结构紧凑、质量小的指标要求，提出在微光夜视仪光学系统设计中引入高次项非球面透镜的设计方法。针对具体的头盔式微光夜视仪，根据微光物镜、目镜系统技术参数计算理论，确定该微光夜视仪光学系统的技术参数，应用光学设计软件ZEMX上机调试，并在光学系统设计中引入高次非球面透镜，使物镜系统镜片数由原来的9片减少为6片，目镜系统由原来的9片减少为7片，简化了结构，并提高了成像质量。设计结果表明：在头盔式微光夜视系统中采用非球面透镜可以提高系统成像质量，简化系统结构。     

冰洲石-玻璃组合平行分束偏光镜的设计研究

为了既节省稀有昂贵的冰洲石晶体材料，又实现偏振光的大剪切差输出，采用冰洲石晶体与光学玻璃组合的方法，设计了一种新型平行分束偏光镜。该棱镜的前后半块分别为ZBaF₃玻璃和冰洲石晶体，由大折射率液态胶合剂溴代萘胶合而成。实验测试表明：该棱镜透射的2束平行光的消光比，o光可达10^－5；尽管受到光学玻璃的影响，e光的消光比仍优于10^－3；透射比均与纯冰洲石晶体材料的棱镜基本相当。理论分析表明：该棱镜自身结构带来的性能影响在一定情况下完全可以忽略，因此具有较好的应用前景。     

一维光子晶体结构参数对禁带带隙的影响研究

采用平面波法(PWM)计算一维光子晶体的带隙结构。分别就构造一维光子晶体结构的高低折射膜层的介电常数及填充比(高折射膜层的厚度与晶体周期长度的比值)对禁带带隙宽度的影响作出分析。通过最小二乘曲线和曲面拟合得到带宽与介电常数或带宽与填充比的函数关系图，以确定最佳的禁带带宽，从而设计一维光子晶体的周期结构。对高低折射膜层为GaAs/空气组成的一维光子晶体，介电常数比约为13/1，当填充比为0.16时，计算得禁带带宽为0.2564×2πc/Λ，禁带的中心频率为0.3478×2πc/Λ，与实验数据吻合。     

一种用于光机热集成分析的新方法——干涉图插值法

Zernike多项式是光机热集成分析中实现光、机、热各分析软件之间数据传递的重要工具。许多光学元件表面形状并不满足Zernike多项式的正交性条件，使有限元分析不能精确拟合光学元件表面变形及变形产生的各项像差。讨论影响Zernike正交性的几个因素，详细介绍将有限元分析得到的光学表面变形数据导入光学分析软件的一种新方法——干涉图插值法。该方法避开Zernike多项式拟合，在去除镜面刚体位移后将镜面畸变精确地表示成干涉图数据，直接生成数据接口。