{"title":"Quantitative analysis of CeO <sub>2</sub> -associated mineral composites based on terahertz time-domain spectroscopy technology","authors":"Tong Zhang, Zhiyuan Zheng, Mingrui Zhang, Chutong Gao, Shanshan Li, Haochong Huang, Qi–Ming Qiu, Zili Zhang, Kun‐Feng Qiu","doi":"10.1364/josab.575650","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/josab.575650","url":null,"abstract":"The complex and highly variable mineralogical assemblages in rare earth deposits pose a significant challenge for accurate compositional analysis. Conventional techniques such as scanning electron microscopy and optical microscopy often lack the precision required for quantitative concentration measurements of constituent minerals. This study employs terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) to achieve non-destructive, high-precision quantification of mineral concentrations in rare earth systems. The experiments are performed using a THz-TDS system driven by a Ti:sapphire femtosecond laser. Measurements are carried out under a dry atmosphere on mixtures of calcium carbonate (CaCO 3 )–cerium oxide (CeO 2 ) and barium sulfate (BaSO 4 )−CeO 2 . Based on the terahertz wave attenuation characteristics during propagation through a material, a highly linear relationship (R 2 >0.99) is established between the transmitted signal amplitude and the concentration of associated minerals. This differential response originates from the distinct terahertz absorption characteristics of CeO 2 relative to the associated minerals, enabling rapid and accurate concentration determination. Comparative analysis with X-ray diffraction (XRD) Rietveld refinement demonstrates the superior performance of THz-TDS (R 2 =0.97 for CaCO 3 , 0.98 for BaSO 4 ), whereas XRD results exhibit lower correlation (R 2 =0.90 for CaCO 3 , 0.97 for BaSO 4 ), attributable to inherent limitations such as preferred orientation effects and microstructure-dependent intensity variations. This study establishes a robust, non-destructive analytical method for quantifying mineral compositions in heterogeneous rare earth ores, with significant implications for ore genesis studies, mineral processing optimization, and efficient resource utilization.","PeriodicalId":17280,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Optical Society of America B-optical Physics","volume":"42 12","pages":"2842-2842"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147333392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hong–Ou–Mandel interferometry with cavity QED-based single-photon sources: a quantum jump analysis","authors":"Alexia Dudones, Charles McCollum, Imran M. Mirza","doi":"10.1364/josab.572714","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/josab.572714","url":null,"abstract":"We present a quantum jump/trajectory analysis of the two-photon interference phenomenon in the context of the Hong–Ou–Mandel (HOM) effect. In particular, we consider the standard setup of the HOM effect, which consists of two-photon sources firing single photons from opposite sides of a 50/50 beam splitter and two perfect detectors placed at the output ports to record photodetection events. For single-photon sources, we consider two special cases: (1) two excited two-level atoms and (2) two atom–cavity setups with initially present single photons in both cavities. For both cases, we report analytic results as well as quantum jump-based Monte Carlo simulations to demonstrate the signatures of these single-photon sources on the HOM effect under different working conditions (e.g., strong- and weak-coupling regimes of cavity quantum electrodynamics). The HOM effect offers applications in the areas of linear optics quantum computing, as well as in protocols that test the indistinguishability of single-photon sources.","PeriodicalId":17280,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Optical Society of America B-optical Physics","volume":"42 12","pages":"2761-2761"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147382188","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cascaded sum frequency generation of ultraviolet laser source at 228 nm based on stimulated Raman adiabatic passage","authors":"yintong jin, zhen chen, jialiang zhang, Changshui Chen","doi":"10.1364/josab.506363","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/josab.506363","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17280,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Optical Society of America B-optical Physics","volume":"10 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134957303","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ling Tian-Sheng, yuting Zhang, Yulai She, Hao Du, Huajun Lai, Yi Xu
{"title":"Surface plasmon resonance sensor based on a D-shaped hollow microstructured fiber with bimetallic film","authors":"Ling Tian-Sheng, yuting Zhang, Yulai She, Hao Du, Huajun Lai, Yi Xu","doi":"10.1364/josab.495194","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/josab.495194","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17280,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Optical Society of America B-optical Physics","volume":"11 7","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134957456","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Arif Laskar, Pratik Adhikary, Niharika Singh, Saikat Ghosh
{"title":"Coherence as an indicator to discern electromagnetically induced transparency and Autler-Townes splitting","authors":"Arif Laskar, Pratik Adhikary, Niharika Singh, Saikat Ghosh","doi":"10.1364/josab.505262","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/josab.505262","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17280,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Optical Society of America B-optical Physics","volume":"11 5","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134957458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Machine learning for self-tuning mode-locked lasers with multiple transmission filters","authors":"Mahmut Bagci, J. Kutz","doi":"10.1364/josab.505672","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/josab.505672","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17280,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Optical Society of America B-optical Physics","volume":"11 9","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134957454","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"ZnO Nanorod and rGO based nanocomposite decorated with Au nanoparticles for enhanced UV photodetection","authors":"Deepjyoti Chetry, Pritymala Basumatary, Karen Das, Priyanka Kakoty","doi":"10.1364/josab.504063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/josab.504063","url":null,"abstract":"A comprehensive analysis of a hydrothermally prepared Au nanoparticle decorated nanocomposite of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) and a ZnO nanorod (NR) for possible use as a UV photodetector is presented. The effect of rGO loading in ZnO and incorporation of Au decoration in the best combination of rGO/ZnO for possible enhancement of a photocatalytic effect are experimented. X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, energy diffraction, and UV-Vis spectroscopy are done for morphological, structural, and optical attribute analysis of the prepared materials. An increase in photocurrent is seen from 2.19 nA to 6.14 mA in dark and UV environments (370 nm) at 5 V bias voltage for the Au decorated nanocomposite, which is found to be better among the experimented composites. The responsivity and detectivity of the Au decorated nanocomposite are analyzed with the increase in incident UV light intensities. The findings are analyzed, and an explanation of the detailed UV photodetection mechanism is outlined in this paper.","PeriodicalId":17280,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Optical Society of America B-optical Physics","volume":"3 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134993613","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anton Pakhomov, Nikolay Rosanov, Mikhail Arkhipov, Rostislav Arkhipov
{"title":"Coherent control of a multi-level resonant medium bysubcycle pulses","authors":"Anton Pakhomov, Nikolay Rosanov, Mikhail Arkhipov, Rostislav Arkhipov","doi":"10.1364/josab.503633","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/josab.503633","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17280,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Optical Society of America B-optical Physics","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136282395","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Patrick Maurer, Carlos Gonzalez-Ballestero, Oriol Romero-Isart
{"title":"Quantum Electrodynamics with a Nonmoving Dielectric Sphere: Quantizing Lorenz-Mie Scattering","authors":"Patrick Maurer, Carlos Gonzalez-Ballestero, Oriol Romero-Isart","doi":"10.1364/josab.498540","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/josab.498540","url":null,"abstract":"We quantize the electromagnetic field in the presence of a nonmoving dielectric sphere in vacuum. The sphere is assumed to be lossless, dispersionless, isotropic, and homogeneous. The quantization is performed using normalized eigenmodes as well as plane-wave modes. We specify two useful alternative bases of normalized eigenmodes: spherical eigenmodes and scattering eigenmodes. A canonical transformation between plane-wave modes and normalized eigenmodes is derived. This formalism is employed to study the scattering of a single photon, coherent squeezed light, and two-photon states off a dielectric sphere. In the latter case, we calculate the second-order correlation function of the scattered field, thereby unveiling the angular distribution of the Hong–Ou–Mandel interference for a dielectric sphere acting as a three-dimensional beam splitter. Our results are analytically derived for a dielectric sphere of arbitrary refractive index and size with a particular emphasis on the small-particle limit. As shown in Phys. Rev. A 108 , 033714 ( 2023 ) PLRAAN 1050-2947 10.1103/PhysRevA.108.033714 , this work sets the theoretical foundation for describing the quantum interaction between light and the motional, rotational, and vibrational degrees of freedom of a dielectric sphere.","PeriodicalId":17280,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Optical Society of America B-optical Physics","volume":"15 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134993321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Concept of Miniature Dipole Trap System based on Simple Architecture Grating Chip","authors":"Yumeng Zhu, Shiming Wei, Junyi Duan, Minghao Yao, Chenfei Wu, Shengkang Zhang, Zhilong Yu, Yadong Zhou, Xiaochi Liu","doi":"10.1364/josab.498252","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/josab.498252","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17280,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Optical Society of America B-optical Physics","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136282256","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}