{"title":"Optical Didode Effect in Mn:KNSBN Crystal","authors":"W. She, Qi Wu, Qingxing Li, Zhen-xin Yu, Qinglun Zhang, Huanchu Chen","doi":"10.1364/nlo.1992.tud6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/nlo.1992.tud6","url":null,"abstract":"Resently, a kind of induced optical diode effect has been observed by using two colliding He-Ne laser beams in Mn doped KNSBN crystal[1]. In this paper, we report the time characteristic of optical diode effect.","PeriodicalId":219832,"journal":{"name":"Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals, and Applications","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128532564","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}
J. Perry, S. Marder, L. Cheng, G. Bourhill, K. Mansour, C. Gorman, S. Gilmour, B. Tiemann
{"title":"Nonlinear Polarizabilities of Symmetric and Non-symmetric Polyene and Cyanine-Like Organic Molecules","authors":"J. Perry, S. Marder, L. Cheng, G. Bourhill, K. Mansour, C. Gorman, S. Gilmour, B. Tiemann","doi":"10.1364/nlo.1992.fa7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/nlo.1992.fa7","url":null,"abstract":"There is considerable interest in understanding the origin of the molecular nonlinear polarizabilities. Recently, the important role of bond alternation (difference in the carbon-carbon double bond and single bond lengths) in influencing the second order polarizability, β, of asymmetric conjugated dyes has been pointed out.[1] It was suggested that there is an optimal degree of alternation needed to maximize β. The connection between bond-alternation and the electronic, optical and chemical properties of conjugated molecules has also been recognized previously.[2] These studies as well as the results of prior experimental studies[3] have led us to investigate the affect of bond alternation on the third-order polarizability, γ. One aim of the present work is to gain insight into the differences between the magnitude and signs of γ for simple polyenes and cyanines. For moderate length to long polyenes, nonresonant electronic γ is positive, whereas for comparable cyanines γ is negative.","PeriodicalId":219832,"journal":{"name":"Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals, and Applications","volume":"490 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132884070","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. Blouin, M. Pinard, A. Maître, J. R. Rios Leite, R. Boyd, G. Grynberg
{"title":"Spatial and Temporal Behaviors of Instabilities Generated by Counterpropagating Laser Beams in Rubidium","authors":"A. Blouin, M. Pinard, A. Maître, J. R. Rios Leite, R. Boyd, G. Grynberg","doi":"10.1364/nlo.1992.tub5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/nlo.1992.tub5","url":null,"abstract":"Pattern formation in nonlinear systems is a very active subject in many areas of physics. For example, in hydrodynamics the arrangement of the convective cells of the Rayleigh-Bernard instability [1] constitutes a model problem for pattern formation. In optics, important advances have been recently obtained in the case of lasers [2]. In contrast, transverse pattern formation in mirrorless optical passive systems [3] is no so wellknown because of the intrinsic complexity of a system without cavity and of the fact that the first experiments were done with pulsed lasers [4]. We present here results obtained with c.w. lasers and rubidium atoms. In particular, the relationship with hydrodynamics observations, suggests the possible existence of some general rule for pattern formation.","PeriodicalId":219832,"journal":{"name":"Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals, and Applications","volume":"660 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116097403","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":"Ultrafast Spectroscopy of Quantum Wells: Bridging the Gap Between Basic Physics and Devices","authors":"J. Shah","doi":"10.1364/nlo.1992.wd1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/nlo.1992.wd1","url":null,"abstract":"There is considerable current interest in optoelectronic devices such as lasers, detectors and modulators fabricated from semiconductor microstructures. One of the goals of the current work in these areas is to increase the speed of such devices. In order to accomplish increased operating speeds, it is necessary to understand limitations imposed by fundamental physics. Ultrafast spectroscopy of quantum wells provides a means of investigating fundamental physics that determines the ultimate physical limitation on device performance.","PeriodicalId":219832,"journal":{"name":"Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals, and Applications","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123438610","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":"Orientation dependence of the picosecond nonlinear optical signals in KTa1-xNbxO3 crystals.","authors":"Huimin Liu, R. Reeves, R. Powell, L. Boatner","doi":"10.1364/nlo.1992.tha4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/nlo.1992.tha4","url":null,"abstract":"The mixed-crystal system of KTa1-xNbxO3 (KTN) has been the subject of. numerous laser studies due to its promise as a nonlinear optical material. However, the optical properties of KTN crystals change with composition due to different structural phases. As the niobium concentration x increases from 0 (KTaO3) to 1 (KNbO3) the perovskite-structure of KTN undergoes a phase transition from a cubic paraelectric phase to the tetragonal and orthorhombic ferroelectric phases.1-6 Experimental data on these structural changes support a model where the Ta,Nb ions are displaced from central positions in the octahedron of oxygen ions to one of eight equivalent positions along the cube diagonals. The different structural phases are a consequence of the preferential occupation of a certain set of sites by the Ta,Nb ions.1-6","PeriodicalId":219832,"journal":{"name":"Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals, and Applications","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125535455","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":"Fluorescence Seeding of Stimulated Raman Scattering in Microdroplets","authors":"A. Kwok, R. Chang","doi":"10.1364/nlo.1992.fb6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/nlo.1992.fb6","url":null,"abstract":"Simulated Raman scattering (SRS), in the absence of external seeding, builds up from spontaneous Raman noise. When the pump-laser pulsewidth is much longer than the dephasing time of the vibrational relaxation, the SRS spectrum is dominated by the vibrational mode with the maximum Raman gain. The depletion of the input-laser intensity by the SRS-buildup of the Raman mode with the largest gain prevents the SRS-buildup of other Raman modes with weaker gain. Selective feedback in a two-mirror resonator geometry was used to enhance the growth of SRS of the weaker 801 cm1 mode of cyclohexane in an optical cell by lowering the feedback for the strong 2929 cm–1 mode. In a Raman gain experiment, a Raman amplifier is used to amplify a weak seeding beam generated by a Raman oscillator or a tunable laser.","PeriodicalId":219832,"journal":{"name":"Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals, and Applications","volume":"83 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126179610","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":"Ultrashort pulse generation by internal pulse compression of synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillators at degeneracy","authors":"A. Nebel, R. Beigang","doi":"10.1364/nlo.1992.mc5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/nlo.1992.mc5","url":null,"abstract":"Synchronously pumped cw mode locked optical parametric oscillators (OPO) are ideal sources for tunable ultrashort pulses in the visible and near infrared spectral region. They can be tuned over a wide wavelength range and picosecond and sub-picosecond pulses have been obtained already with substantial average and peak powers [1,2].","PeriodicalId":219832,"journal":{"name":"Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals, and Applications","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128027342","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":"Optical Squeezing with Self-Phase-Stabilized Scheme","authors":"M. Shirasaki, C. Doerr, K. Bergman, H. Haus","doi":"10.1364/nlo.1992.tub6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/nlo.1992.tub6","url":null,"abstract":"A nonlinear symmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometer was proposed for optical squeezing1,2, and it was shown that a nonlinear ring reflector with optical pulses is a practical realization of this squeezer2 (see Fig.1). Noise suppression in a balanced homodyne detection using this squeezing scheme was observed experimentally3,4.","PeriodicalId":219832,"journal":{"name":"Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals, and Applications","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130020246","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":"Photorefractive four wave mixing and photorefractive circuits","authors":"S.L. Wang, H. Pan","doi":"10.1364/nlo.1992.md17","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/nlo.1992.md17","url":null,"abstract":"Degenerate four wave mixing in photorefractive media(PFWM) has been intensively studied theoretically. A complete solution of the coupled wave equation is steel not available. This makes some problems such as the uncertainty of the solution, lack of understanding of phase dependence and energy flux, and unable to treat those of multi coupled interaction regions. This paper is to give a general solution so that the PFWM can be described as a phase sensitive eight pin element arid apply it to various PFWM circuits by composing the elements for different uses.","PeriodicalId":219832,"journal":{"name":"Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals, and Applications","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126342880","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}
Wenbin Peng, Qingxing Li, Zhenrui Yu, An Ning, X. Mai
{"title":"Studies on the Dynanics of Optical Bistability Swithing in the Internal Fabry-Perot Cavity CdSxSe1-x-Doped Glass Waveguide Device","authors":"Wenbin Peng, Qingxing Li, Zhenrui Yu, An Ning, X. Mai","doi":"10.1364/nlo.1992.we24","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/nlo.1992.we24","url":null,"abstract":"Glasses doped with semiconductor microcrystalline CdS\u0000 x\u0000 Se1-\u0000 x\u0000 (10 nm – 100 nm in dimension) have recently attracted muuch interest due to their large third-order nonlinearities and fast response times. Jain and Lind have been reported the third-order nonlinear susceptibilities χ(8) of CdS\u0000 x\u0000 Se1-\u0000 x\u0000 -doped glasses were measured to be 10-9–10-8 esu in a degenerate four-wave mixing (DFWM) experiment and that the origin of the nonlinearity can be attributed to the generation of a short-live electron-hole plasma (band-filling effect)1. The nonlinear response of CdS\u0000 x\u0000 Se1-\u0000 x\u0000 -doped glass has been got to be about 3.5 ps2. So it has great potential to be used in developing high-speed and low-power nonlinear optical devices. Junji Yumoto8 observed the optical bistablility made using an external Fabry-Perot (F-P) cavity containing CdS\u0000 x\u0000 Se1-\u0000 x\u0000 -doped glasses with bistable-switching time of 25 ps. In this paper we report the observation of optical bistability of an internal F-P cavity structure single-mode waveguide device made of CdS\u0000 x\u0000 Se1−x-doped glass.","PeriodicalId":219832,"journal":{"name":"Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals, and Applications","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121373486","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}