光学微环谐振腔的热非线性效应

微环谐振腔在谐振条件下腔内光能量会得到显著增强,但是随着该能量的不断增强,其所引发的热效应将使得微环谐振腔的有效折射率发生改变. 为此,从微环谐振腔温度、泵浦输入光功率的大小和泵浦输入光波长的扫描速率三个方面,对一类具有高Q值的氮氧化硅微环谐振腔的热非线性效应进行了研究. 结果表明,通过控制谐振腔的温度可以实现谐振频率的锁定. 同时,利用热非线性引起的双稳态效应,通过控制泵浦输入光功率大小以及功率大小改变的速率,也可以实现微环谐振腔的模式锁定. 该研究为如何稳定微环谐振腔腔内能量提供了一种解决办法.     

主动方式产生近似无衍射光束的新技术

介绍几种主动式产生近似无衍射光的方法,并用谐振腔理论进行分析和模拟.可以发现,利用轴棱锥设计的谐振腔具有结构简单、转换效率高等特点;而采用腔内振幅滤波的谐振腔,则不需要复杂的光学元件和特别的准直技术;用LD泵浦的Nd∶YAG激光器输出近似无衍射光,可以有效地提高泵浦光效率和激光输出能量.     

PPLN准相位匹配内腔光学参量振荡器的实验研究

将准相位匹配光学参量振荡器(QPM-OPO)置于激光二极管(LD)端面泵浦的声光调Q1064nm-Nd:YVO4激光器谐振腔之内,获得了信号光单谐振的内腔光参量输出。在声光Q开关重复频率为25kHz的条件下,内腔参量振荡的阈值仅为0.9W(LD功率)。在6WLD泵浦功率下,获得了350mW的信号光输出。通过在120℃~250℃范围内改变PPLN晶体的温度,信号光输出实现了在(1493~1538)nm波段的调谐。     

低功率输入双耦合器光纤谐振环非线性研究

对双耦合器光纤谐振环进行了理论计算和实验研究。理论计算的结果表明,当谐振环的输入光功率线性增大时,其输出光功率具有非线性的特征。实验结果验证了前面的理论计算。实验中采用的是普通商用光通信系统光源和普通的单模光纤,且在谐振环中未加偏振控制。实验结果显示,注入很低的功率,在它线性增加时,谐振环的输出功率显示出明显的非线性,并且其输出信号的变化规律与输入较大功率情况下的理论计算结果完全一致。     

光学谐振腔设计的几何作图方法及其应用

光学谐振腔的传播圆一变换圆的图解分析与设计方法具有简单,形象直观等优点,该方法在激光谐振腔设计和分析中有着重要的应用．利用传播圆图解设计方法分析和设计了几类主要的激光谐振腔：腔内含有单一热透镜的谐振腔,自适应热补偿谐振腔,V形固体激光腔,大功率高亮度固体激光腔,LD端泵浦的平直固体激光腔．     

基于环形腔的谐振光纤陀螺仪仿真及设计研究

基于塞格奈克效应,对谐振光纤陀螺仪的关键器件--谐振腔谐振特性做了深入研究.通过对影响谐振特性的多个参数进行模拟仿真,确定谐振光纤陀螺仪工艺、器件的最佳选择.同时,对谐振腔输出光强与输入光频率的关系进行了仿真.结果表明,输出光强与谐振频率偏差在靠近谐振点附近存在一个良好的线性工作区;在激光器线宽一定的情况下,谐振腔光纤存在一个最佳长度.通过改变光纤的长度或光纤环的尺寸,可以获得不同的动态范围,这种几何的灵活性是光纤陀螺很重要的优点之一.     

考虑损耗时拉曼放大泵浦光的偏振效应

利用高非线性和较大吸收损耗的光子晶体光纤制作光纤拉曼放大器,是当前的一种趋势,这导致泵浦光非线性旋转效应明显增强.本文在考虑吸收损耗条件下,研究了泵浦光的非线性旋转问题,首次得出了连续光条件下的解析解.结果表明,输入线偏振光与圆偏振光都不会产生非线性旋转,只有椭圆偏振光才有非线性旋转.旋转是绕着邦加球的纬线进行,s_3保持不变.随着吸收损耗的增加,有效长度变小,相对的旋转速度变慢.这表明,如果光纤对于泵浦光的吸收越强,越有利于拉曼放大.     

非线性光学研究新进展

非线性光学的研究包括从物质与激发的相互作用的基本原理到用于光通信、医疗及生物技术的设备、元件和系统的研究。近些年来,围绕非线性光学的基础理论与应用研究主要集中源技术、光通信技术及材料的非线性调控等几个方面。在激光光源方面,强场和阿秒非线性光学得到了广泛的研究,白光激光光源也得到了人们的关注;在光通信领域,通过微纳结构光波导的设计来调控其色散特性,达到信号无损传输或光路集成的应用目的;而光学非线性研究离不开材料,因此,微腔和表面等离子体调控光学非线性成为人们研究的热点。     

孤子脉冲在光子晶体光纤中的传播特性研究

根据光脉冲在光子晶体光纤中传播的非线性薛定谔方程,分析了孤子传播基本原理,给出了光脉冲在光子晶体光纤中色散和非线性效应的表达式,对非线性薛定谔方程进行归一化处理并求解,获得光子晶体光纤中基态孤子解.在远大于光纤零色散波长区域,使色散和非线性效应达到平衡,在光子晶体光纤中就可以得到稳定的光学孤子.光子晶体光纤中产生的孤子可以作为光孤子通信的载波,是光子晶体光纤中高次谐波产生的泵浦源.     

集成化扫频双光梳光谱测量

双光梳光谱仪具有高光谱分辨率、超快采样速度等优势,在生化毒气传感、大气污染监测、呼吸气体检测等领域具有重要的应用前景.集成微腔光频梳的出现推动了双光梳光谱仪的小型化,但其光谱分辨率受限于微腔光梳的高重复频率.最近的研究通过对微腔孤子光频梳的泵浦失谐锁定,采用同步扫描微腔谐振峰和泵浦频率,实现了片上扫频双光梳光谱仪,将光谱分辨率提升至12.5 MHz,并进行了气体种类识别与浓度检测的演示.片上扫频双光梳光谱仪的实现为气体吸收光谱的研究提供了集成化的研究工具.     

基于矩形谐振腔MIM波导结构的表面等离子体带阻滤波器

采用二维时域有限差分法(FDTD)设计并验证了一种新型的基于金属-介质-金属(metal-insulator-metal,MIM)多矩形谐振腔结构的表面等离子体带阻滤波器.该结构由一波导通道和一列平行排列于波导上方的矩形谐振腔组成.当矩形腔的长度对某一波长满足法布里-珀罗(F-P)谐振条件时,该波长的表面等离子体(Surface Plasmon Polaritons,SPPs)将进入腔内并发生耦合共振而被限制在其内,起到滤波的效果.通过调整谐振腔的长度和数量,可以方便地滤掉一个或多个不同波长的光波.与其他结构SPPs滤波器相比,此结构更具有简洁、滤过的波长更窄、更小的能量损耗等优点,该种滤波器可以应用于高集成电路等光学设备.     

微波等离子体推力器谐振腔电磁场分布研究

分析求解Maxwell方程。分别对矩形谐振腔和圆柱形谐振腔两种谐振腔的不同的谐振模式重要参数进行了分析计算。通过电磁场仿真重点对谐振腔内的电磁场进行编程计算,仿真分析微波等离子体推力器无加载谐振腔内的电磁场特性。为确定推力器最简单适用的谐振腔形式以及与其相应的谐振模式提供依据。     

Radiation-pressure cooling and optomechanical instability of a micromirror

Recent table-top optical interferometry experiments and advances in gravitational-wave detectors have demonstrated the capability of optical interferometry to detect displacements with high sensitivity. Operation at higher powers will be crucial for further sensitivity enhancement, but dynamical effects caused by radiation pressure on the interferometer mirrors must be taken into account, and the appearance of optomechanical instabilities may jeopardize the stable operation of the next generation of interferometers. These instabilities are the result of a nonlinear coupling between the motion of the mirrors and the optical field, which modifies the effective dynamics of the mirror. Such 'optical spring' effects have already been demonstrated for the mechanical damping of an electromagnetic waveguide with a moving wall, the resonance frequency of a specially designed flexure oscillator, and the optomechanical instability of a silica microtoroidal resonator. Here we present an experiment where a micromechanical resonator is used as a mirror in a very high-finesse optical cavity, and its displacements are monitored with unprecedented sensitivity. By detuning the laser frequency with respect to the cavity resonance, we have observed a drastic cooling of the microresonator by intracavity radiation pressure, down to an effective temperature of 10 kelvin. For opposite detuning, efficient heating is observed, as well as a radiation-pressure-induced instability of the resonator. Further experimental progress and cryogenic operation may lead to the experimental observation of the quantum ground state of a micromechanical resonator, either by passive or active cooling techniques.     

组装印刷电路板中涂覆磁性材料电源板上的电磁辐射研究

基于对谐振腔模型的分析研究,得出了一个计算矩形电源总线结构中电磁辐射场强度的表达式,电路板上 的组装元件。铜制电源板和地板的内层表面上增加的磁性涂覆层对辐射场所产生的影响可以由修正过的电源总线 结构内部的波的传播常数所模拟,辐射场的强度可以用电源总线结构边缘的等效磁流和修正的传播常数计算出 来。由改良的谐振腔模型得到的仿真结果表明在谐振频率处辐射场大幅度减少。     

Non-classical light generated by quantum-noise-driven cavity optomechanics

Optomechanical systems, in which light drives and is affected by the motion of a massive object, will comprise a new framework for nonlinear quantum optics, with applications ranging from the storage and transduction of quantum information to enhanced detection sensitivity in gravitational wave detectors. However, quantum optical effects in optomechanical systems have remained obscure, because their detection requires the object’s motion to be dominated by vacuum fluctuations in the optical radiation pressure; so far, direct observations have been stymied by technical and thermal noise. Here we report an implementation of cavity optomechanics using ultracold atoms in which the collective atomic motion is dominantly driven by quantum fluctuations in radiation pressure. The back-action of this motion onto the cavity light field produces ponderomotive squeezing. We detect this quantum phenomenon by measuring sub-shot-noise optical squeezing. Furthermore, the system acts as a low-power, high-gain, nonlinear parametric amplifier for optical fluctuations, demonstrating a gain of 20?dB with a pump corresponding to an average of only seven intracavity photons. These findings may pave the way for low-power quantum optical devices, surpassing quantum limits on position and force sensing, and the control and measurement of motion in quantum gases.     

Ultralow-threshold Raman laser using a spherical dielectric microcavity

The ability to confine and store optical energy in small volumes has implications in fields ranging from cavity quantum electrodynamics to photonics. Of all cavity geometries, micrometre-sized dielectric spherical resonators are the best in terms of their ability to store energy for long periods of time within small volumes. In the sphere, light orbits near the surface, where long confinement times (high Q) effectively wrap a large interaction distance into a tiny volume. This characteristic makes such resonators uniquely suited for studies of nonlinear coupling of light with matter. Early work recognized these attributes through Raman excitation in microdroplets-but microdroplets have not been used in practical applications. Here we demonstrate a micrometre-scale, nonlinear Raman source that has a highly efficient pump-signal conversion (higher than 35%) and pump thresholds nearly 1,000 times lower than shown before. This represents a route to compact, ultralow-threshold sources for numerous wavelength bands that are usually difficult to access. Equally important, this system can provide a compact and simple building block for studying nonlinear optical effects and the quantum aspects of light.     

双侧激励源对热声制冷谐振腔内声场分布的影响

超声磁致伸缩换能器作为热声制冷机的激励元件,其输出声场强度直接影响热声制冷的效率。为提高谐振腔内直观的声压幅值,在单侧磁致伸缩换能器激励的基础上,集合声波相干理论,应用有限元软件ATILA模拟了双侧激励情况下,不同长度谐振腔与激励相位的匹配关系对谐振腔内声压幅值的影响,并与单侧激励谐振腔内声压幅值做比较。研究结果表明:相同激励力情况下,双侧激励(170 mm受同相激励,340 mm受反相激励)谐振腔内产生的平面驻波声场更加稳定、单色性好、声压幅值是单侧激励的1.78(半波长谐振腔)/1.81倍(一个波长谐振腔),均接近于2倍关系。以上研究成果对双侧激励源的相位与谐振腔长度的匹配工作提供了实验依据。     

All-optical wavelength converter using a microdisk resonator integrated with p-n junctions

We explore all-optical wavelength conversion in a microdisk resonator integrated with interleaved p-n junctions. Numerical simulation based on temporal coupled mode theory is performed to study the free-carrier dynamics inside the cavity. It reveals that the detuning of pump and probe frequencies and the carrier lifetime have a significant effect on the device performance. Experimental result confirms that the conversion speed can be considerably improved by applying a reverse bias on the p-n junctions. Wavelength conversion at 10 Gb/s data rate is achieved with a pump power of 5.41 dBm and a bias voltage of -6 V.     

Bose-Einstein condensation of photons in an optical microcavity

Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC)-the macroscopic ground-state accumulation of particles with integer spin (bosons) at low temperature and high density-has been observed in several physical systems, including cold atomic gases and solid-state quasiparticles. However, the most omnipresent Bose gas, blackbody radiation (radiation in thermal equilibrium with the cavity walls) does not show this phase transition. In such systems photons have a vanishing chemical potential, meaning that their number is not conserved when the temperature of the photon gas is varied; at low temperatures, photons disappear in the cavity walls instead of occupying the cavity ground state. Theoretical works have considered thermalization processes that conserve photon number (a prerequisite for BEC), involving Compton scattering with a gas of thermal electrons or photon-photon scattering in a nonlinear resonator configuration. Number-conserving thermalization was experimentally observed for a two-dimensional photon gas in a dye-filled optical microcavity, which acts as a 'white-wall' box. Here we report the observation of a Bose-Einstein condensate of photons in this system. The cavity mirrors provide both a confining potential and a non-vanishing effective photon mass, making the system formally equivalent to a two-dimensional gas of trapped, massive bosons. The photons thermalize to the temperature of the dye solution (room temperature) by multiple scattering with the dye molecules. Upon increasing the photon density, we observe the following BEC signatures: the photon energies have a Bose-Einstein distribution with a massively populated ground-state mode on top of a broad thermal wing; the phase transition occurs at the expected photon density and exhibits the predicted dependence on cavity geometry; and the ground-state mode emerges even for a spatially displaced pump spot. The prospects of the observed effects include studies of extremely weakly interacting low-dimensional Bose gases and new coherent ultraviolet sources.