简介:Theinfluenceofcircularapertureontheintensityofhigh-orderharmonicgeneration(HHG)withintensefemtosecondlaserpulsewasstudiedbothexperimentallyandtheoretically.TheintensityvarietyofHHGwiththediameterofcircularaperturewasobservedinpulsedArgas.TheresultwasdiscussedandinterpretedintermsofthetheoryofHankeltransform.ItisfoundthatusingtheGaussianbeamtruncatedbyanaperturecouldenhancetheconversionefficiencyofHHGatcertainconditions.
简介:Alow-thresholdRamaneffectinakilowattytterbium-dopednarrowbandfiberamplifiersystemisreported.TheRamanStokeslightat1120nmisachievedwiththetotaloutputpowerofonly~400W,indicatingthattheRamanthresholdofthiskilowattcodirectionalpumpedcontinuouswavefiberamplifierismuchlowerthanthepredictedvalueestimatedbytheclassicformula.Tofigureoutthemechanismofthisphenomenon,simulationsbasedonthegeneralstimulatedRamanscattering(SRS)modelareanalyzedindicatingthatthekeyfactoristhecouplingbetweenfour-wavemixing(FWM)andSRS.Thesimulationresultsareingoodagreementwithourexperiments.
简介:Alightpurplishredsapphireisheattreatedinanairtightcrucible.Thesamplechangeslittleincolorafterreceivingheattreatmentat1100°C,butturnstolightblueandblueafterbeingtreatedat1200°Cand1300°C,respectively.Beforeheating,theUV-VISabsorptionspectraofthesamplearedominatedbythe551nmbroadabsorptionbandcontributedbythed-electrontransition~4A_2→~4T_2ofCr~(3+).Afterheating,theUV-VISabsorptionspectraaredominatedbythe563nmbroadabsorptionbandcontributedbytheintervalencechargetransferofFe~(2+)-Ti~(4+).ThexrayphotoelectronspectroscopytestrevealsthattheFe~(2+)andTi~(4+)ioncontentsincreasewithincreasingtemperature.ThesapphirechangingfromlightpurplishredtoblueintheheatingprocessisowingtothefactthattheFe~(2+)andTi~(4+)contentsgrowandtheintervalencechargetransferofFe~(2+)-Ti~(4+)selectivelyabsorbsUV-VISlight.
简介:Theself-assembledInAs/GaAsquantumdots(QDs)withextremelylowdensityof8×10~6cm~(-1)areachievedusinghighergrowthtemperatureandlowerInAscoveragebylow-pressuremetal-organicchemicalvapourdeposition(MOVCD).Asaresultofmicro-photoluminescence(micro-PL),forextremelylowdensityof8×10~6cm~(-1)InAsQDsinthemicro-PLmeasurementsat10K,onlyoneemissionpeakhasbeenachieved.ItisbelievedthattheInAsQDshaveagoodpotentialtorealizesinglephotonsources.
简介:HighorderBraggscattering(M=2andM=3)operationsofthedistributedfeedbackdyedopedsol-gelsilicalasersareachievedusingthesecondharmonicoutputofaNd:YAGlaserasthepump.Laserlinewidthoflessthan0.06nmandconversionefficiencyof0.7%forM=3and11%forM=2aremeasured.Wavelengthtuningofabout15nmaroundtheemissioncenterhasbeenrealizedbyvaryingtheintersectionangle.
简介:Influencesofthescatteringphasefunctionsonspatiallyresolveddiffusereflectancefromahomogenoussemi-infinitemediumclosetosourcearestudiedwithMonteCarlosimulation.Itisshownthattheinfluencesofopticalparametershigherthanthesecondorderonthediffusereflectancearequiteweakintheregionfrom0.3toseveraltransportmeanfreepatheswhenHenyey-Greensteinphasefunctionoracombinedphasefunctionoftwoparametersareused.ButthisinfluencemaybesubstantialifthedoubleHenyey-Greensteinfunctionisusedtodescribethescatteringpropertyoftissue.
简介:Withthedevelopmentofhighpowerultrafastlaserpassivelymode-lockedbyasemiconductorsaturableabsorbermirror(SESAM),thedamagethresholdanddegenerationmechanismoftheSESAMbecomemoreandmoreimportant.OnewaytoreducethemaximumelectricfieldinsidetheactivepartoftheSESAMistheuseofadielectriccoatingonthetopofthesemiconductorstructure.WithFresnelformula,opticaltransfermatrix,andopticalthinfilmtheory,theelectricfielddistributionandreflectancespectrumcanbesimulated.WeintroducethedesignprinciplesofSESAMincludingthedependenceofreflectancespec-trumondielectricfunctionofabsorber,andinvestigatethedependencesoftheelectricfielddistribution,modulationdepth,reflectancespectrum,andtherelativevalueofincidentlightpoweratthetopquantumwellofSESAMonthenumberofSiO_2/Ta_2O_5layers.
简介:Intense-laser-inducedabove-thresholdionizationofaboundelectronintocontinuumstateswithlowenergyisinvestigatedinthecontextofthestrong-fieldapproximationthatallowsforoneactofrescatteringoftherevisitingelectron.Thequantumorbitsforforwardandbackwardscatteringareevaluatedandgeneralizedtoarbitraryscatteringangles.Thevelocitymapoftheliberatedelectronexhibitsthewell-knownlow-energystructureaswellasotherfeaturesoffthepolarizationaxis.
简介:Inthiswork,wereportabroadbandterahertzwavemodulatorbasedonatop-gategraphenefieldeffecttransistorwithpolyimideasthegatedielectriconaPETsubstrate.ThetransmissionoftheterahertzwaveismodulatedbycontrollingtheFermilevelofgrapheneviathepolyimideasthetop-gatedielectricmaterialinsteadofthetraditionaldielectricmaterials.Itisfoundthattheterahertzmodulatorcanachieveamodulationdepthof~20.9%withasmalloperatinggatevoltageof3.5Vandalowinsertionlossof2.1dB.
简介:InthisLetter,wefocusonthetheoreticalanalysisoftherelativisticenergyandangulardistributionsoftheejectedphotoelectronsduringtherelativistictunnelionizationofatomsbyintense,circularlypolarizedlight.Wemakeasmallmodificationofthegeneralanalyticalexpressionsforthesedistributions.Theroleoftheinitialmomentum,theponderomotivepotential,andtheStarkshiftareconsidered.Wealsopresentthemaximalangleofelectronemission.
简介:Atunableslowlightof2.5-Gb/spseudo-randombinarysequencesignalusinga1550-nmvertical-cavitysurface-emittinglaser(VCSEL)isexperimentallydemonstrated.Theinfluencesofthebiascurrentandthegainsaturationontheslowlightareinvestigated.Withbiascurrentincreasing,tunableopticalgroupdelayupto98psisobtainedatroomtemperature.Demonstrationofthetimedelaybetween16and24psbysignalintensitychangeisreported.Underanappropriatebiascurrent,bytuningtheinputsignaltotrackthepeakgainwavelengthoftheVCSEL,slowlightofapowerpenaltyaslowas1dBisachieved.Withsuchalowpowerpenalty,theVCSELhasagreatpotentialapplicationasacompactopticalbuffer.
简介:Thisletterpresentsalowcostsolutionforwavelengthdivisionmultiplexedorthogonalfrequencydivisionmultiplexedpassiveopticalnetwork(WDM-OFDM-PON)withwidelytunableopticalfilterandlinearsmallform-factorpluggable(SFP)module.With9-nmtunablerangefrom1551to1560nm,thetunablefiltercansupportupto10-channel100-GHzspacingWDMPONsystem.Alinearavalanchephotodiode(APD)basedSFP+moduleisdesignedforopticalOFDMsignaldemodulation,whichcanprovidebetterreceiverperformancecomparedwithlimitingAPDmodule.Experimentalresultsshowthat~34dBpowerbudgetcanbeachievedin4×5-GbpsWDM-OFDM-PONsystem,whichcansatisfythetransmissionrequirementsofnextgenerationPONsystem.
简介:Squeezedstateoflightexploresanewerainnoiselesscommunicationanddataprocessingrecentlybreakingthequantumlimitofnoise.Weproposeanewmechanismofmodulatinganamplitude-squeezedsignalwiththeinstantaneousintensityvariationofacoherentsignal.Themodulatingsignalisacoherentlightwheretheamplitude-squeezedlighttakestheroleofacarriersignal.
简介:A100-Gb/shigh-speedopticaltransmitterisproposedandexperimentallydemonstrated.Basedonfrequency-quadruplingtechnique,twosub-channelswithafixed50-GHzspacingareobtainedfromonelasersource.Usingreturn-to-zerodifferentialquadraturephase-shiftkeying(RZ-DQPSK)modulationformatandpolarizationmultiplexing(PolMux),onlylow-speedelectronicdevicesof12.5GHzareneededforthe100-Gb/stransmitter.Thiseliminatestheneedofultrahigh-speedoptoelectronicdevicesandthusgreatlyreducesthecost.Theexperimentalresultsshowthatthistransmittercanachievegoodperfor-manceindispersiontoleranceofa25-kmsinglemodefiber(SMF).