{"title":"Metal-encased semiconductor nanowires as waveguides for ultrasmall lasers","authors":"A. Maslov, C. Ning","doi":"10.1109/QELS.2007.4431377","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/QELS.2007.4431377","url":null,"abstract":"We show that a semiconductor nanowire encased by a metal offers the smallest laser waveguide, despite the large Joule loss. The TM01 mode immediately above its cut-off is most advantageous for making sub-wavelength lasers.","PeriodicalId":152616,"journal":{"name":"2007 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference","volume":"22 1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116643165","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Moreau, Qiong He, I. Zaquine, A. Maruani, R. Frey
{"title":"Gain grating in a Nd:YVO4 microlaser","authors":"A. Moreau, Qiong He, I. Zaquine, A. Maruani, R. Frey","doi":"10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453703","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453703","url":null,"abstract":"Intracavity gain gratings are theoretically demonstrated to exhibit diffraction efficiencies larger than unity at pumping powers below lasing threshold. Experiments performed using a Nd- YVO4 microlaser demonstrate huge enhancements of diffraction efficiency and angular selectivity.","PeriodicalId":152616,"journal":{"name":"2007 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference","volume":"78 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121724457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Canova, M. Merano, A. Jullien, G. Chériaux, R. Lopez Martens, O. Albert, N. Forget, S. Kourtev, N. Minkovski, S. Saltiel
{"title":"Coherent contrast improvement by cross-polarized wave generation","authors":"L. Canova, M. Merano, A. Jullien, G. Chériaux, R. Lopez Martens, O. Albert, N. Forget, S. Kourtev, N. Minkovski, S. Saltiel","doi":"10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453299","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453299","url":null,"abstract":"Contrast improvement filter based on cross-polarized wave generation is addressing the coherent contrast issue by flattening the spectral phase of the pulse. Theoretical and experimental evidence of this effect on pulse spectrum are presented.","PeriodicalId":152616,"journal":{"name":"2007 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123821075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Schriever, S. Lochbrunner, D. Nesbitt, E. Riedle
{"title":"30-fs ultra sensitive absorption spectroscopy of low vapor pressure molecules: proton transfer in the gas phas","authors":"C. Schriever, S. Lochbrunner, D. Nesbitt, E. Riedle","doi":"10.1109/QELS.2007.4431667","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/QELS.2007.4431667","url":null,"abstract":"Our transient absorption spectrometer for gas phase and solution samples can resolve changes of 2×10¿6 in optical density. This allows the first direct comparison of ultrafast proton transfer at low vapor pressure and in solution.","PeriodicalId":152616,"journal":{"name":"2007 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124975615","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hailin Wang, Young-Shin Park, Yumin Shen, Andrew K. Cook
{"title":"Strong-coupling cavity QED with nitrogen vacancy centers and silica microspheres","authors":"Hailin Wang, Young-Shin Park, Yumin Shen, Andrew K. Cook","doi":"10.1109/QELS.2007.4431622","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/QELS.2007.4431622","url":null,"abstract":"We report experimental demonstration of strong-coupling in a cavity QED system, in which nitrogen vacancy centers in diamond nanocrystals are coupled to whispering gallery modes in a deformed silica microsphere.","PeriodicalId":152616,"journal":{"name":"2007 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123028729","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bo Sun, Xiaodong Xu, Jun Cheng, Yanwen Wu, D. Steel, A. Bracker, D. Gammon, Wang Yao, L. Sham
{"title":"Nonlinear optical probe of a singly-charged stranski-krastanow quantum dot","authors":"Bo Sun, Xiaodong Xu, Jun Cheng, Yanwen Wu, D. Steel, A. Bracker, D. Gammon, Wang Yao, L. Sham","doi":"10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453361","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453361","url":null,"abstract":"We demonstrate coherent nonlinear response from a singly-charged self assembled quantum dot. A degenerate differential transmission spectrum shows carrier tunneling, leading to a Fano profile.","PeriodicalId":152616,"journal":{"name":"2007 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference","volume":"190 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131286043","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N. Rotenberg, A. Bristow, Markus Pfeifler, M. Betz, H. V. van Driel
{"title":"Pulsewidth dependent nonlinear absorption In Au Films","authors":"N. Rotenberg, A. Bristow, Markus Pfeifler, M. Betz, H. V. van Driel","doi":"10.1109/QELS.2007.4431547","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/QELS.2007.4431547","url":null,"abstract":"Zscans of 20 nm Au films at 630 nm show strong fluence and pulse-width dependence of nonlinear absorption that is characteristic of electron heating; ßeff increases > 100 × as pulse width increases hom 0.1 ¿ 6 ps.","PeriodicalId":152616,"journal":{"name":"2007 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference","volume":"466 ","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131486451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gain-assisted dispersion management in negative-index materials","authors":"V. Podolskiy, A. Govyadinov","doi":"10.1109/QELS.2007.4431730","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/QELS.2007.4431730","url":null,"abstract":"We demonstrate that relatively weak material gain can be utilized as an effective tool to manipulate dispersion of negative index materials achieving, in particular, broadband impedance- or index-matching. Finite-size and unbounded media are discussed.","PeriodicalId":152616,"journal":{"name":"2007 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131520109","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Design of gradient index (GRIN) lens using photonic non-crystals","authors":"P. Stellman, K. Tian, G. Barbastathis","doi":"10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453288","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453288","url":null,"abstract":"We use analytical and numerical techniques to design a cylindrical lens with a gradient index of refraction. In our device, we design the desired index distribution by using a photonic crystal with slowly-varying lattice parameters.","PeriodicalId":152616,"journal":{"name":"2007 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference","volume":"30 17","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131539894","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Measuring attosecond ionization dynamics inside dielectrics","authors":"M. Gertsvolf, P. Rajeev, D. Rayner, P. Corkum","doi":"10.1109/QELS.2007.4431664","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/QELS.2007.4431664","url":null,"abstract":"We resolve attosecond dynamics of multiphoton ionization in solids. We subdivide the laser cycle using differential absorption between the major and the minor axes of elliptically polarized beam.","PeriodicalId":152616,"journal":{"name":"2007 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131592331","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}