{"title":"All-optical quantum switching","authors":"P. Kumar","doi":"10.1364/PHOTONICS.2012.W1C.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/PHOTONICS.2012.W1C.1","url":null,"abstract":"Summary form only given. I will present progress in ultrafast all-optical quantum switching. χ<sup>(3)</sup>-based devices can route entangled single photons without disturbing their quantum state, whereas χ<sup>(2)</sup>-based devices can, in principle, lead to dissipation-free quantum-optical Fredkin gates.","PeriodicalId":6442,"journal":{"name":"2012 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"33 1","pages":"1-1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75198288","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":"Influence of anisotropic diffusion of Ga and Al atoms during AlGaAs growth for periodically-inverted AlGaAs waveguides","authors":"T. Matsushita, S. Yoshida, J. Ota, T. Kondo","doi":"10.1364/CLEO_SI.2012.CTH3D.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_SI.2012.CTH3D.3","url":null,"abstract":"We have investigated a quasi-phase-matching AlGaAs waveguide using cathodoluminescence spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy. We found that the anisotropic diffusion of Al/Ga atoms causes Al-composition modulation as well as interface corrugations.","PeriodicalId":6442,"journal":{"name":"2012 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"103 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75513763","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}
Y. Plotnik, M. Rechtsman, D. Song, M. Heinrich, A. Szameit, N. Malkova, Zhigang Chen, M. Segev
{"title":"Observation of dispersion-free edge states in honeycomb photonic lattices","authors":"Y. Plotnik, M. Rechtsman, D. Song, M. Heinrich, A. Szameit, N. Malkova, Zhigang Chen, M. Segev","doi":"10.1364/QELS.2012.QF2H.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/QELS.2012.QF2H.6","url":null,"abstract":"We present the observation of dispersion-free edge states in a honeycomb lattice. We show the existence of surface states on both zigzag and bearded edges, and display their dispersion-free nature by tilting the input beam.","PeriodicalId":6442,"journal":{"name":"2012 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"39 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83395488","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. Morohashi, M. Oikawa, Y. Tamura, S. Aoki, T. Sakamoto, T. Kawanishi, I. Hosako
{"title":"High peak power pulse generation using Mach-Zehnder-modulator-based flat comb generator combined with chirped pulse amplifier","authors":"I. Morohashi, M. Oikawa, Y. Tamura, S. Aoki, T. Sakamoto, T. Kawanishi, I. Hosako","doi":"10.1364/CLEO_SI.2012.CF1N.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_SI.2012.CF1N.7","url":null,"abstract":"We demonstrated generation of ultrashort optical pulses with a peak power of 2.5 kW by combining a Mach-Zehnder-modulator-based flat comb generator with a chirped pulse amplifier.","PeriodicalId":6442,"journal":{"name":"2012 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"19 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73483209","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}
Wei-Zung Chang, T. Zhou, L. Siiman, A. Galvanauskas
{"title":"Femtosecond pulse spectral synthesis using coherently combined multi-channel fiber chirped pulse amplifiers","authors":"Wei-Zung Chang, T. Zhou, L. Siiman, A. Galvanauskas","doi":"10.1364/CLEO_SI.2012.CW1D.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_SI.2012.CW1D.4","url":null,"abstract":"We synthesize femtosecond pulses by coherently combining spectra from three fiber chirped pulse amplifiers. Multi-channel spectral synthesis offers a way to overcome gain narrowing limitations in a single fiber amplifier.","PeriodicalId":6442,"journal":{"name":"2012 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"27 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73652849","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. R. Johnson, Yoshitomo Okawachi, J. Levy, J. Cardenas, K. Saha, M. Lipson, A. Gaeta
{"title":"Broadband parametric frequency combs with sub-100-GHz repetition rates","authors":"A. R. Johnson, Yoshitomo Okawachi, J. Levy, J. Cardenas, K. Saha, M. Lipson, A. Gaeta","doi":"10.1364/CLEO_SI.2012.CTH3A.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_SI.2012.CTH3A.4","url":null,"abstract":"We demonstrate comb generation with spacings of 80, 40, and 20 GHz using cascaded parametric oscillation in silicon-nitride spiral microresonators. Our measurements indicate that the comb linewidth is due to fluctuations in the pump power.","PeriodicalId":6442,"journal":{"name":"2012 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"1 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73662166","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}
T. Tumkur, J. Kitur, L. Gu, B. Chu, M. Noginov, E. Narimanov
{"title":"Engineered reflectance and transmittance in curvilinear hyperbolic metamaterials and hyperbolic metamaterials with scatterers","authors":"T. Tumkur, J. Kitur, L. Gu, B. Chu, M. Noginov, E. Narimanov","doi":"10.1364/QELS.2012.QTH1A.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/QELS.2012.QTH1A.7","url":null,"abstract":"We have demonstrated the reduction of reflectance in curvilinear lamellar hyperbolic metamaterials and hyperbolic metamaterials with deposited TiO2 scatterers. The effect is accompanied by an enhancement of the sample's transmission and its non-reciprocity.","PeriodicalId":6442,"journal":{"name":"2012 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"1 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73754605","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":"Spectral compression of intense femtosecond pulses by self phase modulation in silica glass","authors":"K. Iwaszczuk, Binbin Zhou, M. Bache, P. Jepsen","doi":"10.1364/CLEO_AT.2012.JW4A.61","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_AT.2012.JW4A.61","url":null,"abstract":"We experimentally demonstrate spectral compression of mJ fs pulses by self phase modulation in silica glass. Spectral narrowing by factor 2.4 of near-transform-limited pulses is shown, with good agreement between experiment and numerical simulation.","PeriodicalId":6442,"journal":{"name":"2012 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"36 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73894729","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}
S. Dupont, C. Petersen, J. Thøgersen, Christian S. Agger, Ole Bang, S. Keiding
{"title":"All fiber based supercontinuum light source utilized for IR microscopy","authors":"S. Dupont, C. Petersen, J. Thøgersen, Christian S. Agger, Ole Bang, S. Keiding","doi":"10.1364/CLEO_AT.2012.JW4A.64","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_AT.2012.JW4A.64","url":null,"abstract":"An all fiber based supercontinuum light source is demonstrated for infrared microscopy. The high brightness and spatial coherence of the source facilitate fast high resolution measurements.","PeriodicalId":6442,"journal":{"name":"2012 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"7 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73930068","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. Fortsch, J. Furst, C. Wittmann, D. Strekalov, A. Aiello, C. Silberhorn, C. Marquardt, G. Leuchs
{"title":"Continuously adjustable narrow-band heralded single photon source","authors":"M. Fortsch, J. Furst, C. Wittmann, D. Strekalov, A. Aiello, C. Silberhorn, C. Marquardt, G. Leuchs","doi":"10.1364/QELS.2012.QF2F.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/QELS.2012.QF2F.8","url":null,"abstract":"We present the high efficient generation of narrow-band heralded single photons, widely tunable in wavelength and bandwidth using resonator enhanced spontaneous down conversion in a crystalline whispering gallery mode resonator.","PeriodicalId":6442,"journal":{"name":"2012 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"32 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75229740","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}