{"title":"Broadband mid-infrared dual comb spectroscopy with independent asynchronous optical parametric oscillators","authors":"O. Kara, Z. Zhang, T. Gardiner, D. Reid","doi":"10.1364/CLEO_SI.2016.SW4H.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_SI.2016.SW4H.6","url":null,"abstract":"By using free-running femtosecond optical parametric oscillators with a repetition-rate difference > 200 Hz we demonstrate methane absorption spectroscopy at a resolution <; 0.2 cm-1 and simultaneously covering the P, Q and R branches.","PeriodicalId":378931,"journal":{"name":"2016 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"13 6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117007015","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. Xu, D. Vocke, D. Faccio, J. Garnier, T. Roger, S. Trillo, A. Picozzi
{"title":"Giant collective incoherent shock waves in strongly nonlinear turbulent flows","authors":"G. Xu, D. Vocke, D. Faccio, J. Garnier, T. Roger, S. Trillo, A. Picozzi","doi":"10.1364/CLEO_QELS.2016.FF1A.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_QELS.2016.FF1A.6","url":null,"abstract":"Contrary to conventional coherent shocks, we show theoretically and experimentally that nonlocal turbulent flows lead to the emergence of large-scale incoherent shock waves, which constitute a collective phenomenon of the incoherent field as a whole.","PeriodicalId":378931,"journal":{"name":"2016 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132430827","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":"New developments in the physics of ultrashort light propagation in nonlinear optical fibers","authors":"F. Biancalana","doi":"10.1364/CLEO_SI.2016.SW1Q.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_SI.2016.SW1Q.5","url":null,"abstract":"I will give an overview of recent new developments on short pulse propagation in solid and hollow core fibers: negative frequencies, super-resonant radiations and temporal condensed matter physics.","PeriodicalId":378931,"journal":{"name":"2016 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"114 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131296848","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":"Versatile, high-power femtosecond laser source at 1μm","authors":"C. Manchee, Haider Zia, R. Miller","doi":"10.1364/CLEO_AT.2016.JTU5A.35","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_AT.2016.JTU5A.35","url":null,"abstract":"We describe a stable, compact, femtosecond laser system based on Yb-doped gain media. Capable of delivering sub-300 fs pulses with mJ energy, the system is an attractive alternative to traditional Ti:sapphire systems.","PeriodicalId":378931,"journal":{"name":"2016 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"351 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115974241","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":"Two-dimensional fluorescence spectroscopy of Al in laser-produced plasmas","authors":"S. S. Harilal, M. Phillips","doi":"10.1364/CLEO_SI.2016.STH1H.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_SI.2016.STH1H.6","url":null,"abstract":"We present tunable laser induced fluorescence of selected Al transitions in a laser produced plasma at atmospheric pressure levels. Two-dimensional mapping of absorption-emission spectroscopy of Al transitions is made.","PeriodicalId":378931,"journal":{"name":"2016 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133049514","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. Shumakova, P. Malevich, S. Alisauskas, A. Voronin, A. Mitrofanov, A. Zheltikov, D. Faccio, D. Kartashov, A. Baltuska, A. Pugžlys
{"title":"Self-compression of sub-TW mid-IR pulses in transparent dielectrics and filaments generated in ambient air","authors":"V. Shumakova, P. Malevich, S. Alisauskas, A. Voronin, A. Mitrofanov, A. Zheltikov, D. Faccio, D. Kartashov, A. Baltuska, A. Pugžlys","doi":"10.1364/CLEO_QELS.2016.FF1M.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_QELS.2016.FF1M.3","url":null,"abstract":"We report on self-compression of sub-100 fs, >20 mJ md-IR pulses in transparent dielectrics and filaments ignited in ambient air. Combination of both permits generation of TW-level homogeneously compressed two-optical-cycle mid-IR pulses.","PeriodicalId":378931,"journal":{"name":"2016 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133840183","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":"Memory-assisted quantum key distribution immune to multiple-excitation effects","authors":"N. L. Piparo, M. Razavi","doi":"10.1364/CLEO_AT.2016.JTU5A.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_AT.2016.JTU5A.6","url":null,"abstract":"Memory-assisted quantum key distribution aims to use existing quantum-device technologies to offer rate-versus-distance enhancements. Here, a variant of such systems, relying on single-photon sources, is proposed that counters the multiple-excitation effects in ensemble-based memories.","PeriodicalId":378931,"journal":{"name":"2016 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127064036","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":"Engineering Raman transitions in an optomechanical system strongly coupled with a two-level emitter","authors":"M. Cotrufo, A. Fiore, E. Verhagen","doi":"10.1364/CLEO_QELS.2016.FM1C.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_QELS.2016.FM1C.3","url":null,"abstract":"We propose and theoretically investigate a new type of atom-phonon interaction in an optomechanical system. The interaction strength is controlled by the intensity of the intra-cavity optical field. We discuss relevant designs and possible applications.","PeriodicalId":378931,"journal":{"name":"2016 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"305 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129548285","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}
Chen Wang, Shuangcheng Yu, B. Dong, Yichi Zhang, Zhen Jiang, Xiangfan Chen, J. Zi, Wei Chen, Cheng Sun
{"title":"Bio-inspired design strategy of quasi-random structures for optimal light control","authors":"Chen Wang, Shuangcheng Yu, B. Dong, Yichi Zhang, Zhen Jiang, Xiangfan Chen, J. Zi, Wei Chen, Cheng Sun","doi":"10.1364/CLEO_AT.2016.AW1K.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_AT.2016.AW1K.5","url":null,"abstract":"We report a new design strategy for quasi-random nanophotonic structures by directly representing structures in Fourier space. We validated the method both numerically and experimentally by optimizing light-trapping structures in a thin-film solar cell and achieved 2.3-fold absorption enhancement.","PeriodicalId":378931,"journal":{"name":"2016 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"86 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127014113","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}
Lysander Christakis, Zin Lin, Yang Li, E. Mazur, Alejandro W. Rodriguez, M. Lončar
{"title":"Inverse design of a polarization-independent dirac-cone zero-index metamaterial","authors":"Lysander Christakis, Zin Lin, Yang Li, E. Mazur, Alejandro W. Rodriguez, M. Lončar","doi":"10.1364/CLEO_AT.2016.JW2A.18","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_AT.2016.JW2A.18","url":null,"abstract":"We apply a novel computational method to systematically design Dirac cones in photonic crystals. In particular, we demonstrate an unprecedented Dirac-cone zero-index metamaterial (DC-ZIM) that exhibits zero-index for any polarization of light.","PeriodicalId":378931,"journal":{"name":"2016 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121750087","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}