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Fano resonance in quadratic waveguide arrays
We study resonant light scattering in arrays of channel optical waveguides
where tunable quadratic nonlinearity is introduced as nonlinear defects by
periodic poling of single (or several) waveguides in the array. We describe
novel features of wave scattering that can be observed in this structure and
show that it is a good candidate for the first observation of Fano resonance in
nonlinear optics.Comment: 3 pages, 3 figures, submitted to Optics Letters, slightly revise
Power dependent switching of nonlinear trapping by local photonic potentials
We study experimentally and numerically the nonlinear scattering of wave
packets by local multi-site guiding centers embedded in a continuous dielectric
medium, as a function of the input power and angle of incidence. The extent of
trapping into the linear modes of different sites is manipulated as a function
of both the input power and incidence angle, demonstrating power-controlled
switching of nonlinear trapping by local photonic potentials.Comment: Submitted to Optics Letter
HST/NICMOS2 coronagraphic observations of the circumstellar environment of three old PMS stars: HD 100546, SAO 206462 and MWC 480
The close environment of four old Pre-Main Sequence stars has been observed
thanks to the coronagraphic mode of the HST/NICMOS2 camera at lambda=1.6
micron. In the course of this program, the detection of a circumstellar annulus
around HD 141569 has already been presented in Augereau et al.(1999b). In this
paper, we report the detection of an elliptical structure around the Herbig Be
star HD 100546 extending from the very close edge of the coronagraphic mask
(~50 AU) to 350-380 AU (3.5-3.8 arcsec) from the star. The axis ratio gives a
disk inclination of 51+/-3 degrees to the line-of-sight and a position angle of
161+/-5 degrees, measured east of north. At 50 AU, the disk has a surface
brightness between 10.5 and 11 mag/arcsec^2, then follows a -2.92+/-0.04 radial
power law up to 250-270 AU and finally falls as r^{-5.5+/-0.2}. The inferred
optical thickness suggests that the disk is at least marginally optically thick
inside 80 AU and optically thin further out. Combined with anisotropic
scattering properties, this could explain the shape of a brightness asymmetry
observed along the minor axis of the disk. This asymmetry needs to be
confirmed. The circumstellar disks around SAO 206462 and MWC 480 are not
resolved, leading to constraints on the dust distribution. A tight binary
system separated by only 0.32+/-0.04 arcsec is nevertheless detected in the
close vicinity of SAO 206462.Comment: 13 pages, accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysic
Broken symmetries and directed collective energy transport
We study the appearance of directed energy current in homogeneous spatially
extended systems coupled to a heat bath in the presence of an external ac field
E(t). The systems are described by nonlinear field equations. By making use of
a symmetry analysis we predict the right choice of E(t) and obtain directed
energy transport for systems with a nonzero topological charge Q. We
demonstrate that the symmetry properties of motion of topological solitons
(kinks and antikinks) are equivalent to the ones for the energy current.
Numerical simulations confirm the predictions of the symmetry analysis and,
moreover, show that the directed energy current drastically increases as the
dissipation parameter reduces. Our results generalize recent rigorous
theories of currents generated by broken time-space symmetries to the case of
interacting many-particle systems.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figure
Stability of mode-locked kinks in the ac driven and damped sine-Gordon lattice
Kink dynamics in the underdamped and strongly discrete sine-Gordon lattice
that is driven by the oscillating force is studied. The investigation is
focused mostly on the properties of the mode-locked states in the {\it
overband} case, when the driving frequency lies above the linear band. With the
help of Floquet theory it is demonstrated that the destabilizing of the
mode-locked state happens either through the Hopf bifurcation or through the
tangential bifurcation. It is also observed that in the overband case the
standing mode-locked kink state maintains its stability for the bias amplitudes
that are by the order of magnitude larger than the amplitudes in the
low-frequency case.Comment: To appear in Springer Series on Wave Phenomena, special volume
devoted to the LENCOS'12 conference; 6 figure
Variability of emission lines in the optical spectra of the Herbig Be binary system HD 200775
In our previous papers we have improved the value of the orbital period of the binary Herbig Be star HD 200775 and showed that the [O I] and Si II 6347 and 6371 Å emission lines displayed variations which correlate with the orbital period. In this paper we provide evidences that other broad emission lines of metals in the spectra of HD 200775 also exhibit variability, which is probably related to the orbital cycle of the binary. Analysis was performed based on the high-resolution spectral data collected over a time span of 6 years at the Kourovka Astronomical Observatory of the Ural Federal University (Russia) and the Three College Observatory of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (USA) as well as archival spectral data compiled since 1994. We report new data points in the radial velocity curve of the He I 5876 Å line near the extremal values of the radial velocity. © 2019 National Astronomical Observatories, CAS and IOP Publishing Ltd.
Enhanced light–matter interactions in dielectric nanostructures via machine-learning approach
A key concept underlying the specific functionalities of metasurfaces is the use of constituent components to shape the wavefront of the light on demand. Metasurfaces are versatile, novel platforms for manipulating the scattering, color, phase, or intensity of light. Currently, one of the typical approaches for designing a metasurface is to optimize one or two variables among a vast number of fixed parameters, such as various materials’ properties and coupling effects, as well as the geometrical parameters. Ideally, this would require multidimensional space optimization through direct numerical simulations. Recently, an alternative, popular approach allows for reducing the computational cost significantly based on a deep-learning-assisted method. We utilize a deep-learning approach for obtaining high-quality factor (high-Q) resonances with desired characteristics, such as linewidth, amplitude, and spectral position. We exploit such high-Q resonances for enhanced light–matter interaction in nonlinear optical metasurfaces and optomechanical vibrations, simultaneously. We demonstrate that optimized metasurfaces achieve up to 400-fold enhancement of the third-harmonic generation; at the same time, they also contribute to 100-fold enhancement of the amplitude of optomechanical vibrations. This approach can be further used to realize structures with unconventional scattering responses
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Synthetic plasmonic nanocircuits and the evolution of their correlated spatial arrangement and resonance spectrum
Optical nanocircuits, inspired by electrical nanocircuits, provide a versatile platform for tailoring and manipulating optical fields at the subwavelength scale, which is vital for developing various innovative optical nanodevices and integrated nanosystems. Plasmonic nanoparticles can be employed as promising building blocks for optical nanocircuits with unprecedentedly high integration capacity. Among various plasmonic systems, aggregated metallic nanoparticle, known as oligomers, possess great potential in constructing functional metatronic circuits. Here, the optical nanocircuits comprising special plasmonic oligomers, such as trimers with D3h symmetry, quadrumers with D2h symmetry, and their variants with reduced symmetry, are systematically investigated in the metatronic paradigm, both theoretically and experimentally. Our proposed circuit models, based on the displacement current in the oligomers, not only reproduce the resonance spectral details, but also retrieve many hidden physical quantities associated with their optical responses. Guided by the metatronic circuits, the spectral engineering of the oligomers with reduced geometric symmetry is predicted, and subgroup decomposition of several plasmonic quadrumers is examined. Our investigation has revealed a close correlation between the metatronic circuitry and strongly coupled plasmonic oligomers. The observed correlation of spatial arrangement and frequency response in oligomers provides a metatronic guide to modulate plasmonic responses via geometric variation
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