Y. M. Strelniker, D. Bergman, Y. Fleger, M. Rosenbluh, A. Voznesenskaya, A. Vinogradov, A. Lagarkov, A. Merzlikin
{"title":"Controlling the light transmission through periodic and random metamaterials by applying a magnetic field and by changing the nano-structures shapes","authors":"Y. M. Strelniker, D. Bergman, Y. Fleger, M. Rosenbluh, A. Voznesenskaya, A. Vinogradov, A. Lagarkov, A. Merzlikin","doi":"10.1117/12.881905","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.881905","url":null,"abstract":"The light transmission through metallic films with different types of nano-structures was studied both theoretically and experimentally. It is shown, analytically, numerically and experimentally, that the positions of the surface plasmon resonances depend on the nano-structural details. Those can be changed from sample to sample or in given sample by applying an external dc electric or magnetic field. The dependence of transmission spectrum on the shape of holes (inclusions) and external fields can be used for manipulation of the light transmission, as well as the polarization of the transmitted light and other optical properties, by external field. Two complementary situations are considered: a metal film with dielectric holes and a dielectric film with metallic islands. In the case of metallic islands, we propose two ways of controlling plasmon resonance frequency: changing the aspect ratio of the elliptical (or rectangular) islands and changing their mutual distances. For this case a new analytical asymptotic approach for calculating the optical properties of such plasmonic systems is developed. The results of our analytical and numerical studies are in good qualitative agreement with experiment.","PeriodicalId":309922,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Coherent and Nonlinear Optics","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124085686","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}
G. Safiullin, V. Nikiforov, V. S. Lobkov, V. Samartsev, A. Leontiev
{"title":"Bit-to-bit parallel multiplication based on the third-order nonlinear optical response in a dye-doped polymer film at room temperature","authors":"G. Safiullin, V. Nikiforov, V. S. Lobkov, V. Samartsev, A. Leontiev","doi":"10.1117/12.881029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.881029","url":null,"abstract":"We realized a logical function of bit-to-bit parallel multiplication for optical echo-processor based on the third-order nonlinear optical response of a resonant medium at room temperature. As an operating medium we used the polyvinilbutural film doped with phthalocyanine dye. The result of the logical operation is presented in the spectrum of the nonlinear optical response after action of the two spectrally coded pumping pulses. The time of the logical operation is about 500 fs. We obtained the values of a homogeneous broadening of S0 - S1 line: Γhom = 89 cm-1 at T = 300 K and Γhom = 44 cm-1 at T = 77 K. The laser excitation parameters needed for effective operating of optical processor are defined. The maximum word length achievable under current experimental conditions is estimated.","PeriodicalId":309922,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Coherent and Nonlinear Optics","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116311553","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":"Q-switching with single crystal photo-elastic modulators","authors":"F. Bammer, R. Petkovšek","doi":"10.1117/12.880816","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.880816","url":null,"abstract":"An overview is given about experiments with a new method for Q-switching lasers at a constant pulse repetition frequency. It uses inside the laser resonator a Single Crystal Photo-Elastic Modulator (SCPEM). This consists of one piezo-electric crystal electrically excited on a mechanical resonance frequency. In resonance mechanical stresses are induced that lead via the photo-elastic effect to a strongly modulated birefringence. Polarized light going through such an oscillating crystal will experience a significant modulation of its polarization and of transmission through a polarizer. Suitable materials should not be optically active, as it is for example the case for SiO2, and should allow the excitation of a longitudinal oscillation with an electric field perpendicular to the travelling direction of the light. Crystals of the group 3m, like LiTaO3 and LiNbO3, proved to be ideally suited for SCPEMS for the NIR- and VIS-region. For the infrared GaAs can be used. We demonstrated SCPEM-Q-switching for a Nd:YAG-fiber, a Nd:YVO4-slab- and a Nd:YAG-rod-laser with typical pulse repetition rates of 100-200kHz, pulse enhancement factors of ~100 and pulse durations ~1/100 of the period time. Typically the average power during pulsed operation is nearly the same as the cw-power, when the modulator is switched off. The most stable results were achieved up to now with the Nd:YVO4-slab-laser at 10W average power, 1.1 kW peak power, 127 kHz pulse repetition rate, and 70ns pulse durations.","PeriodicalId":309922,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Coherent and Nonlinear Optics","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115212831","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}
V. Kubecek, O. Grepl, M. Čech, J. Diels, L. Arissian
{"title":"Beat note characterization from diode pumped passively mode-locked bidirectional ring Nd:YVO4 laser","authors":"V. Kubecek, O. Grepl, M. Čech, J. Diels, L. Arissian","doi":"10.1117/12.881780","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.881780","url":null,"abstract":"Passively mode-locked bidirectional operation of a ring diode pumped Nd:YVO4 laser with optimized resonator design is reported. Beat note with frequency between 140 Hz and 300 Hz between two counter propagating beams was observed and its origin is explained as a result of phase modulation of the laser beam via nonlinear index of refraction n2 of Nd:YVO4 which was calculated.","PeriodicalId":309922,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Coherent and Nonlinear Optics","volume":"44 ","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114097478","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. N. Panchenko, N. Bulgakova, M. Shulepov, A. E. Tel’minov
{"title":"Formation of microtower structures on liquid metal surfaces under nanosecond laser ablation","authors":"A. N. Panchenko, N. Bulgakova, M. Shulepov, A. E. Tel’minov","doi":"10.1117/12.878442","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.878442","url":null,"abstract":"Formation of stable micro-protrusions and microstructures (\"microtowers\") on surface of liquid metals during multipulse irradiation by UV and IR lasers in different ambient gases was discovered. The rates of the structure formation have been measured which can reach 5 - 20 μm/pulse depending on the metal and ambient gas sort. Single micro-protrusions 1-2 mm in length were formed with diameter approximately two times greater than the focal spot size. The possibility to control the microstructure shape is shown and their potential applications are demonstrated.","PeriodicalId":309922,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Coherent and Nonlinear Optics","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124940121","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}
K. Pankin, J. Nielsen, A. Andersen, J. Jeppesen, L. Jozefowski, V. Petrunin
{"title":"Surface chemical reactions induced by molecules electronically excited in the gas phase","authors":"K. Pankin, J. Nielsen, A. Andersen, J. Jeppesen, L. Jozefowski, V. Petrunin","doi":"10.1117/12.882580","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.882580","url":null,"abstract":"We present a model suggesting high chemical activity of electronically-excited molecules colliding with an isolator surface. Initial photochemical event is accounted for as the result of molecular evolution on the electronically-excited potential energy surface (PES), where acceleration and alignment are taking place, guiding all the molecules towards the intersections with the ground state PES, where transitions to the ground state PES will occur with minimum energy dissipation. The accumulated kinetic energy may be used to overcome the chemical reaction barrier. While recombination chemical reactions in a gas phase require participation of a third body, this strong limitation on the reaction rates is removed upon interaction with a surface. To observe the predicted phenomenon, we suggested a new experimental approach, Evanescent Wave Photocatalysis1, based on application of total internal reflection on an insulator surface. Laser photoexcitation is localized in a narrow boundary gas layer just above the interface; majority of the excited molecules can reach the surface before the relaxation. The experiments are performed at high gas pressures, so that dense fluxes of the excited reagents can be readily produced. Products of chemical adsorption and/or chemical reactions induced within adsorbates are aggregated on the surface and observed by light scattering. We will demonstrate how pressure and spectral dependencies of the chemical outcomes, polarization of the light and interference of two laser beams inducing the reaction can be used to distinguish the new process we try to investigate from chemical reactions induced by photoexcitation within adsorbed molecules and/or gas phase photolysis.","PeriodicalId":309922,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Coherent and Nonlinear Optics","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130536962","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. Mineev, S. Nefedov, P. Pashinin, P. Goncharov, V. Kiselev
{"title":"Microwave excited periodic-pulse planar CO2 laser","authors":"A. Mineev, S. Nefedov, P. Pashinin, P. Goncharov, V. Kiselev","doi":"10.1117/12.881840","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.881840","url":null,"abstract":"The parameters of a periodic-pulse planar CO2-laser pumped by microwave (MW) discharge at a frequency of 2.45 GHz have been studied experimentally. The laser comes in two versions with longitudinal discharge- gap lengths of 250 (version A) and 470 (version B) mm. An average output power of 60 W could be achieved at a wavelength of 10.6 μm. The peak output power in the periodic-pulse mode of operation is about 1300 W. The shape and energy of the laser pulse have been investigated as a function of nput power, working mixture composition, pressure, repetition frequency and duration of microwave pumping pulses.","PeriodicalId":309922,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Coherent and Nonlinear Optics","volume":"7994 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130654661","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. Lotin, O. Novodvorsky, L. Parshina, E. Khaydukov, D. Zuev, O. Khramova, V. Panchenko
{"title":"Quantum efficiency increasing and lasing in the quantum wells based on ZnO","authors":"A. Lotin, O. Novodvorsky, L. Parshina, E. Khaydukov, D. Zuev, O. Khramova, V. Panchenko","doi":"10.1117/12.881484","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.881484","url":null,"abstract":"The Mg0.27Zn0.73O/ZnO multiple quantum wells with different well width Lw have been grown by pulsed laser deposition method. The interface roughness of quantum wells was inherited from the bottom one and did not exceed 1 nm. The quantum confinement effect has been observed. The exciton binding energy of the two-dimensional Mg0.27Zn0.73O/ZnO structures was two times higher in comparison with the bulk ZnO. A sharp increase of exciton peak intensity in the photoluminescence spectra at well width reduction was observed. The optical excited stimulated emission in quantum wells Mg 0.27Zn0.73O/ZnO with an excitation threshold ~210 kW/cm2 has been demonstrated.","PeriodicalId":309922,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Coherent and Nonlinear Optics","volume":"207 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133929713","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}
I. Stepanenko, V. O. Kompanets, S. Chekalin, Zoya K. Makhneva, A. Moskalenko, A. Razjivin
{"title":"Photosynthetic light-harvesting complexes: fluorescent and absorption spectroscopy under two-photon (1200-1500 nm) and one-photon (600-750 nm) excitation by laser femtosecond pulses","authors":"I. Stepanenko, V. O. Kompanets, S. Chekalin, Zoya K. Makhneva, A. Moskalenko, A. Razjivin","doi":"10.1117/12.882498","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.882498","url":null,"abstract":"The pathways of excitation energy transfer (EET) via pigments of the light-harvesting antenna are still in discussion. The bacteriochlorophyll fluorescence of peripheral light-harvesting complexes (LH2) from purple bacteria can be observed upon two-photon excitation (TPE) within 1200-1500 nm spectral range (a broad band near 1300 nm). Earlier the occurrence of this band was taken as an evidence for the participation of \"dark\" carotenoid S1 state in EET processes (see [Walla et al., Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 97, 10808-10813 (2000)] and references in it). However we showed that TPE spectrum of LH2 fluorescence within 1200-1500 nm is not associated with carotenoids [Stepanenko et al., J. Phys. Chem. B. 113(34), 11720-11723 (2009)]. Here we present TPE spectra of fluorescence for chromatophores and lightharvesting complexes LH2 and LH1 from wild-type cells and from carotenoid-depleted or carotenoidless mutant cells of several purple bacteria. The broad band within 1300-1400 nm was found for all preparations. Absorption pump-probe femtosecond spectroscopy applied to LH2 complex from Rb. sphaeroides revealed the similar spectral and kinetic patterns for TPE at 1350 nm and one-photon excitation at 675 nm. Analysis of pigment composition of this complex by high-pressure liquid chromatography showed that even under mild isolation conditions some bacteriochlorophyll molecules were oxidized to 3-acetyl-chlorophyll molecules having the long-wavelength absorption peak in the 650-700 nm range. It is proposed that these 3-acetyl-chlorophyll molecules are responsible for the broad band in TPE spectra within the 1200-1500 nm region.","PeriodicalId":309922,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Coherent and Nonlinear Optics","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131015409","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}
V. Niziev, A. V. Koldoba, F. Mirzade, V. Panchenko, Y. Poveschenko, M. Popov
{"title":"Numerical modeling of sintering of two-component metal powders with laser beams","authors":"V. Niziev, A. V. Koldoba, F. Mirzade, V. Panchenko, Y. Poveschenko, M. Popov","doi":"10.1117/12.881336","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.881336","url":null,"abstract":"Direct laser sintering of a mixture of two metal powders with significantly different melting points is investigated by numerical simulation. The model is based on self-consistent non-linear continuity equations for volume fractions of components and on energy transfer equations for the powder mixture. It includes the movement of the solid particles due to shrinkage because of the density change of the powder mixture and the liquid flow driven by the capillary and gravity forces. The liquid flow is determined by Darcy's law. The effect of surface settlement of the powder is obtained. The width increasing rate of the melting zone depend both on the parameters of the laser radiation (on the power of the beam) and on the physical parameters of the particle's material, and it increases with the increasing of the penetrability or the increasing of the phase-transition heat. The increasing of the laser power under other factors being equal results in the acceleration of the melting front propagation.","PeriodicalId":309922,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Coherent and Nonlinear Optics","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114406830","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}