{"title":"Nonlinear material diagnostics using filled nanostructured fibres","authors":"K. J. Rowland, V. Afshar, T. Monro","doi":"10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519253","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519253","url":null,"abstract":"A new technique for determining the linear and nonlinear refractive index of liquids by measuring the nonlinearity of filled nanostructured fibres is proposed.","PeriodicalId":244615,"journal":{"name":"ACOFT/AOS 2006 - Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology/Australian Optical Society","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114982053","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}
B. Cumming, A. Akulshin, A. Sidorov, R. McLean, P. Hannaford
{"title":"Dynamic electromagnetically induced absorption","authors":"B. Cumming, A. Akulshin, A. Sidorov, R. McLean, P. Hannaford","doi":"10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519322","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519322","url":null,"abstract":"Strong resonances in the absorption of circularly polarized light resonant with the F<sub>g</sub> = 2 -> F<sub>e</sub> = 1 component of the <sup>87</sup>Rb D<sub>1</sub> transition are observed at zero magnetic field. An explanation based on a transient optical pumping process is presented.","PeriodicalId":244615,"journal":{"name":"ACOFT/AOS 2006 - Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology/Australian Optical Society","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125707610","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":"Excitation of whispering gallery modes by two-photon absorption induced by evanescent field","authors":"S. Kuriakose, X. Gan, J. Chon, M. Gu","doi":"10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519295","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519295","url":null,"abstract":"Enhanced whispering gallery modes were excited by two-photon absorption induced by a focused evanescent field. An analysis of the dependence of the spectral and cavity parameters on the near field illumination was done which showed great enhancement with increase in the evanescent component.","PeriodicalId":244615,"journal":{"name":"ACOFT/AOS 2006 - Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology/Australian Optical Society","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131079598","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":"Use of Fibre Bragg Grating (FBG)technology to enhance axial resolution in Fibre Optic Low Coherence Interferometry (FOLCI)","authors":"E. Jonathan","doi":"10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519237","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519237","url":null,"abstract":"We report a novel application of FBG technology in Fibre Optic Low Coherence Interferomery, that is, interferometer light spectral reshaping. The resultant spectral shape yields a two-fold (rounded) improvement in axial resolution without significantly affecting signal-to-noise ratio.","PeriodicalId":244615,"journal":{"name":"ACOFT/AOS 2006 - Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology/Australian Optical Society","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134518195","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":"Angular momentum in tightly focused beams with circular polarization","authors":"Z. Bomzon, J. Shamir","doi":"10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519279","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519279","url":null,"abstract":"Calculations of the angular momentum of focused circularly polarized beams are presented. The calculations indicate that the angular momentum at the focus increases with the numerical aperture, suggesting an exchange of angular momentum between beam and lens.","PeriodicalId":244615,"journal":{"name":"ACOFT/AOS 2006 - Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology/Australian Optical Society","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130951206","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":"A novel wavelet transform algorithm for image encryption","authors":"Hone-Ene Hwang, Pin Han","doi":"10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519318","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519318","url":null,"abstract":"A high efficiency digital security system based on the discrete chirp parent wavelet transform (DCPWT) is introduced. This novel algorithm is outstanding than other precedent schemes on two aspects: no iterations are needed and the image is recovered exactly (no information is lost).","PeriodicalId":244615,"journal":{"name":"ACOFT/AOS 2006 - Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology/Australian Optical Society","volume":"180 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116666897","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":"Swept cavity ringdown spectroscopy: Pushing sensitivity limits","authors":"B. Orr, Yabai He","doi":"10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519285","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519285","url":null,"abstract":"Very weak absorption spectra can be measured simply by rapidly swept cavity ringdown spectrometry. Recent instrumental refinements significantly improve the sensitivity for trace gas detection, with potential applications in industry, medicine and the environment.","PeriodicalId":244615,"journal":{"name":"ACOFT/AOS 2006 - Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology/Australian Optical Society","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114640692","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":"Classical ghost-imaging and spatial coherence","authors":"S. Crosby, R. Scholten, A. Roberts","doi":"10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519289","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519289","url":null,"abstract":"We investigate the role of the spatial coherence of the source in classical two-photon imaging. We show experimentally and computationally that the quality of the image deteriorates as the coherence length of the source increases.","PeriodicalId":244615,"journal":{"name":"ACOFT/AOS 2006 - Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology/Australian Optical Society","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134107021","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":"Inductance and capacitance of circuits in an optical meta-material","authors":"T. Davis","doi":"10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519287","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519287","url":null,"abstract":"A nano-scale inductor-capacitor circuit that resonates at optical frequencies is studied numerically. The results are modeled by a simple equivalent electrical circuit.","PeriodicalId":244615,"journal":{"name":"ACOFT/AOS 2006 - Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology/Australian Optical Society","volume":"98 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133529859","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}
M. Matar, A. Michie, I. Bassett, J. Canning, J. Haywood, K. Digweed
{"title":"PCF Hi-Bi 2-section fibre Lyot depolarisers","authors":"M. Matar, A. Michie, I. Bassett, J. Canning, J. Haywood, K. Digweed","doi":"10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519246","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519246","url":null,"abstract":"A 2-section photonic crystal fibre (PCF) highly birefringent (Hi-Bi) Lyot depolariser is demonstrated. Because of the high birefringence of the PCF Hi-Bi, the fibre length required to make such a device was an order of magnitude lower than if conventional Hi-Bi is employed. The residual degree of polarisation was found to be as low as 0.25%.","PeriodicalId":244615,"journal":{"name":"ACOFT/AOS 2006 - Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology/Australian Optical Society","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133091934","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}