{"title":"Fabrication of optical waveguide structures based on PDMS using photoresist fibers","authors":"P. Gašo, D. Pudiš, I. Martincek, D. Jandura","doi":"10.1117/12.2175903","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2175903","url":null,"abstract":"We describe fabrication process of optical waveguide structures such as multi-mode optical splitter and optical waveguide with surface Bragg grating in polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). Technology based on drawing of thin photoresist fiber with diameter up to 100 μm was developed and optimized. In this way, fibers drawn from photoresist form cores of waveguides in PDMS slab. After removal of the photoresist, created air channels can be filled in with different liquids. We prepared multimode waveguide structures in PDMS composed of two PDMS materials with different refractive indices. Using this technology, also complicated waveguide structures were prepared as optical splitter and surface Bragg grating were prepared in PDMS material.","PeriodicalId":434989,"journal":{"name":"Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115190280","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. Ježek, Z. Pilát, O. Brzobohatý, A. Jonáš, M. Aas, A. Kiraz, P. Zemánek
{"title":"Liquid crystal emulsion micro-droplet WGM resonators","authors":"J. Ježek, Z. Pilát, O. Brzobohatý, A. Jonáš, M. Aas, A. Kiraz, P. Zemánek","doi":"10.1117/12.2176025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2176025","url":null,"abstract":"We introduce tunable optofluidic microlasers based on optically stretched or thermally modified, dye-doped emulsion droplets of liquid crystals (LC) confined in a dual-beam optical trap. Droplets were created in microfluidic chips or by shaking. Optically trapped microdroplets emulsified in water and stained with fluorescent dye act as an active ultrahigh-Q optical resonant cavity hosting whispering gallery modes (WGMs). Tuning of the laser emission wavelength was achieved by a controlled deformation of the droplet shape using light-induced forces generated by dual-beam optical trap and by thermal changing of the order in the LC.","PeriodicalId":434989,"journal":{"name":"Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115436874","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":"On the optical properties of plasmonic glasses","authors":"T. Antosiewicz, C. Langhammer, S. Apell","doi":"10.1117/12.2176056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2176056","url":null,"abstract":"We report on the optical properties of plasmonic glasses which are metal-dielectric composites composed of metallic inclusions in a host dielectric medium. The investigated structures are of quasi-random nature, described by the pair correlation function, featuring a minimum center-to-center distance between metallic inclusions and long range randomness. Plasmonic glasses exhibiting short-range order only may be fabricated using bottom-up, self-assembly methods and have been utilized in a number of applications such as plasmonic sensing or plasmon-enhanced solar harvesting, and may be also employed for certain non-linear applications. It is therefore important to quantify their properties. Using theoretical methods we investigate optical of 1D, 2D, and 3D structures composed of amorphous distributions of metallic spheres. It is shown, that the response of the constituent element, i.e. the single sphere localized surface plasmon resonance, is modified by the scattered fields of the other spheres in such a way that its peak position, peak amplitude, and full-width at half-maximum exhibit damped oscillations. The oscillation amplitude is set by the particle density and for the peak position may vary by up to 0.3 eV in the optical regime. Using a modified coupled dipole approach we calculate the effective (average) polarizability of plasmonic glasses and discuss their spectra as a function of the dimensionality, angle of incidence and polarization, and the minimum center-to-center distance. The analytical model is complemented and validated by T-Matrix calculations of the optical cross-sections of amorphous arrays of metallic spheres obtained using a modification of the Random Sequential Adsorption algorithm for lines, surfaces, and volumes.","PeriodicalId":434989,"journal":{"name":"Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133268401","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":"Spontaneous parametric down conversion in nonlinear metallo-dielectric layered media","authors":"D. Javůrek, Jan Peřina, J. Svozilík","doi":"10.1117/12.2081175","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2081175","url":null,"abstract":"The generation of photon pairs inside metallo-dielectric layered media by spontaneous parametric down conversion is highly efficient. A theoretical model of spontaneous parametric down conversion based on vectorial quantum-mechanial approach is used to obtain spatial, frequency and temporal photon-pair characteristics. As an example, a structure consisting of eleven alternating Galium-Nitride and silver layers is analyzed. Strong constructive interference of the sub-frequency fields results in narrow spatial and frequency distributions of photon-pairs emitted at high generation rates. Photon pairs are mainly created in Galium-Nitride layers, the silver layers serve as a linear reflector.","PeriodicalId":434989,"journal":{"name":"Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114353412","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}
Marzena Zdunek, W. Woźniak, M. Borwińska, P. Kurzynowski
{"title":"Performance of a new high sensitivity polarimeter","authors":"Marzena Zdunek, W. Woźniak, M. Borwińska, P. Kurzynowski","doi":"10.1117/12.2176039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2176039","url":null,"abstract":"A new high sensitivity polarimeter has been established based on a fast change of the geometrical phase caused by a small change of an examined medium birefringence. In this setup sensitivity and measurement range can be controlled. The obtained sensitivity amounts up to 800 with regard to classical polariscopes. The proposed setup enables carrying out real time measurements. Stability and measurements resolution have been examined. Numerical simulations and measurements were performed.","PeriodicalId":434989,"journal":{"name":"Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134356140","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":"Recent developments in remote gas detection using molecular dispersion sensing","authors":"M. Nikodem","doi":"10.1117/12.2085786","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2085786","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we study signal amplitude in Chirp-modulated Chirped Laser Dispersion Spectroscopy (CM-CLaDS). CLaDS is a laser-based spectroscopic technique for molecular sensing that uses heterodyne detection to measure optical dispersion caused by molecular transitions. With baseline-free nature and high-immunity to optical power fluctuations CLaDS is well suited to long distance remote, open-path monitoring and stand-off chemical detection. In this work we analyze CM-CLaDS performance. We show that for certain conditions using proper modulation waveform can provide increase in the signal amplitude with respect to previously presented configurations.","PeriodicalId":434989,"journal":{"name":"Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128084748","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. Stȩślicki, J. Sylwester, M. Siarkowski, M. Kowaliński, S. Płocieniak, J. Bąkała, Ż. Szaforz, S. Kuzin
{"title":"Soft x-ray solar polarimeter-spectrometer","authors":"M. Stȩślicki, J. Sylwester, M. Siarkowski, M. Kowaliński, S. Płocieniak, J. Bąkała, Ż. Szaforz, S. Kuzin","doi":"10.1117/12.2176043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2176043","url":null,"abstract":"We present an innovative soft X-ray polarimeter and spectrometer SOLPEX, the instrument to be mounted aboard the International Space Station (ISS) in 2015/2016. The SOLPEX will be composed of three individual measuring units: the soft X-ray polarimeter with 1-2% linear polarization detection limit, a fast-rotating drum X-ray spectrometer with very high time resolution (0.1s) and a simple pin-hole soft X-ray imager-spectrometer with moderate spatial (~20arcsec), spectral (0.5 keV) and high time resolution (0.1s). This set of instruments will provide unique opportunity to complement the efforts to reliably measure the X-ray polarization and contribute towards understanding the physics of solar flares. The standard flare model states that electrons are being accelerated in specific regions of the corona at or near magnetic reconnection site and then propagate along reconnected magnetic field lines toward the atmospheric denser layers. There, they are decelerated and lose their energy mainly through the bremsstrahlung process. Deposited energy is readily converted to directed evaporation of the plasma to be detected through the Doppler-shifted emission lines in extreme ultraviolet and soft X-ray spectral ranges Due to highly anisotropic character of impulsive phase electron beams, resulting emission is expected to be polarized. Both these processes: bremsstrahlung emission of supposedly polarized X-ray flux and accompanying plasma evaporation velocities are to be simultaneously observed by the proposed SOLPEX instruments.","PeriodicalId":434989,"journal":{"name":"Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123751556","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":"Entanglement and nonclassicality of twin beams containing noise","authors":"I. Arkhipov, J. Peřina, A. Miranowicz","doi":"10.1117/12.2086608","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2086608","url":null,"abstract":"Using the characteristic function of a twin beam composed of both paired and noise components we derive the corresponding statistical operator in the Fock-state basis. Applying the Peres-Horodecki criterion for a partially transposed statistical operator, we determine the negativity of the twin beam to quantify entanglement. In parallel, nonclassicality of the twin beam is quantified by nonclassical depth which is the acceptable amount of noise photons that preserves non-classicality manifested by negative values of the Glauber-Sudarshan quasiprobability function. The connection between entanglement and non-classicality is discussed considering the noise present either in one or both fields constituting the twin beam. Also the state of dimensionality via the Schmidt number as well as von Neumann entropy of the twin beam is analyzed.","PeriodicalId":434989,"journal":{"name":"Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125161279","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":"System of nonlinear quantum oscillator and quantum correlations: proposal for quantum chaos indicator","authors":"J. K. Kalaga, W. Leoński, A. Kowalewska-Kudlaszyk","doi":"10.1117/12.2175885","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2175885","url":null,"abstract":"A model of a nonlinear, damped kicked oscillator is discussed. For such a model intra-mode correlations described by mutual information parameter I[α] based on the Wehrl entropy are considered. Furthermore, the system’s quantum evolution is compared to its classical counterpart. The mutual information parameter is discussed as a proposal for quantum chaos’ witness.","PeriodicalId":434989,"journal":{"name":"Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117083575","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":"Optimizing the rotating point spread function by SLM aided spiral phase modulation","authors":"M. Baránek, Z. Bouchal","doi":"10.1117/12.2087103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2087103","url":null,"abstract":"We demonstrate the vortex point spread function (PSF) whose shape and the rotation sensitivity to defocusing can be controlled by a phase-only modulation implemented in the spatial or frequency domains. Rotational effects are studied in detail as a result of the spiral modulation carried out in discrete radial and azimuthal sections with different topological charges. As the main result, a direct connection between properties of the PSF and the parameters of the spiral mask is found and subsequently used for an optimal shaping of the PSF and control of its defocusing rotation rate. Experiments on the PSF rotation verify a good agreement with theoretical predictions and demonstrate potential of the method for applications in microscopy, tracking of particles and 3D imaging.","PeriodicalId":434989,"journal":{"name":"Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131165438","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}