Ultrafast Optical Modulation by Virtual Interband Transitions

IF 6.5 1区 物理与天体物理 Q1 MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Evgenii E. Narimanov
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A new frontier in optics research has been opened by the recent developments in nonperturbative optical modulation in both time and space that creates temporal boundaries generating “time reflection” and “time refraction” of light in the medium. The resulting formation of a photonic time crystal within the modulated optical material leads to a broad range of new phenomena with a potential for practical applications, from nonresonant light amplification and tunable lasing to the new regime of quantum light-matter interactions. However, the creation of the temporal boundary for light relies on optical modulation of the refractive index, which is both strong and fast even on the time scale of a single optical cycle. Both of these problems are extremely challenging, even when addressed independently, leading to fundamentally conflicting requirements for all existing methods of optical modulation. However, as we show in the present work, an alternative approach based on virtual interband transition excitation solves this seemingly insurmountable problem. Being fundamentally dissipation-free, optical modulation by virtual excitation does not face the problem of heat accumulation and dissipation in the material, while the inherently transient nature of the excited virtual population that modifies the material response only on the time scale of a single optical cycle ensures that the resulting change in the refractive index is inherently ultrafast. Here, we develop the theoretical description of the proposed modulation approach and demonstrate that it can be readily implemented using already existing optical materials and technology.

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ACS Photonics
ACS Photonics NANOSCIENCE & NANOTECHNOLOGY-MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
CiteScore
11.90
自引率
5.70%
发文量
438
审稿时长
2.3 months
期刊介绍: Published as soon as accepted and summarized in monthly issues, ACS Photonics will publish Research Articles, Letters, Perspectives, and Reviews, to encompass the full scope of published research in this field.
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