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Nonlinear wave mixing in semiconductor nanoantennas and metasurfaces
We demonstrate how ultra-small dielectric nanoantennas ordered in a metasurface can enable enhanced light matter interaction for efficient nonlinear wave-mixing and in particular, to enhance sum-frequency generation and spontaneous parametric down conversion
Self-focusing and filamentation of optical vortex beams: Spatiotemporal analysis
We report numerical simulations supported by experimental observations of self-focusing, fillamentation, and supercontinuum generation by an optical vortex beam in a Kerr nonlinear medium in the regime of dominating nonlinearity. Despite the strong self-focusing resulting in multiple filaments ordered along the vortex ring the optical vortex remains well preserved at the exit of the nonlinear medium and in the far-field. The presented quasi-(3+1)- dimensional numerical simulations under azimuthal initial vortex ring perturbations confirm qualitatively the experimentally observed survival of the optical vortex in the course of the white light generation
Experimental control of pattern formation by photonic lattices
We study the control of modulational instability and pattern formation in a nonlinear dissipative feedback
system with a periodic modulation of the material refractive index. We use a one-dimensional photonic lattice
in a single-mirror feedback configuration and identify three mechanisms for pattern control: bandgap
suppression of instability modes, periodicity induced pattern modes, and orientational pattern control.The authors acknowledge the support of the
Conseil Régional de Lorraine, the bilateral FrenchAustralian
Science and Technology program, and the
Australian Research Council through Discovery
projects
Bidirectional waveguide coupling with plasmonic Fano nanoantennas
We introduce the concept of a bidirectional, compact single-element Fano nanoantenna that allows for directional coupling of light in opposite directions of a high-index dielectric waveguide for two different operation wavelengths. We utilize a Fano resonance to tailor the radiation phases of a gold nanodisk and a nanoslit that is inscribed into the nanodisk to realize bidirectional scattering. We show that this Fano nanoantenna operates as a bidirectional waveguide coupler at telecommunication wavelengths and, thus, is ideally suitable for integrated wavelength-selective light demultiplexing
Soliton stripes in two-dimensional nonlinear photonic lattices
We study experimentally the interaction of a soliton with a nonlinear
lattice. We observe the formation of a novel type of composite soliton created
by strong coupling of mutually incoherent periodic and localized beam
components. By imposing an initial transverse momentum on the soliton stripe,
we observe the effect of lattice compression and deformation.Comment: three pages, four figure
Shaping and control of polychromatic light in nonlinear photonic lattices
We overview our recent results on spatio-spectral control,
diffraction management, broadband switching, and self-trapping of polychromatic
light in periodic photonic lattices in the form of rainbow gap
solitons, polychromatic surface waves, and multigap color breathers. We
show that an interplay of wave scattering from a periodic structure and
interaction of multiple colors in media with slow nonlinear response can
be used to selectively separate or combine different spectral components.
We use an array of optical waveguides fabricated in a LiNbO3 crystal to
actively control the output spectrum of the supercontinuum radiation and
generate polychromatic gap solitons through a sharp transition from spatial
separation of spectral components to the simultaneous spatio-spectral localization
of supercontinuum light. We also show that by introducing specially
optimized periodic bending of waveguides in the longitudinal direction, one
can manage the strength and type of diffraction in an ultra-broad spectral
region and, in particular, realize the multicolor Talbot effect
High-order harmonic generation yielding tunable extreme-ultraviolet radiation of high spectral purity
Production of extreme-ultraviolet radiation by high-order harmonic generation is demonstrated to yield unprecedented spectral purity of λ/Δλ=2.5×105 at wavelengths covering the entire range 40–100 nm. Tunability and sub-cm-1 bandwidth of the harmonics are demonstrated in recordings of the He (1s4p) and Ar (3p53d′) resonance lines at 52.2 and 86.6 nm. Frequency shift of the harmonics due to chirp-induced phenomena are investigated and found to be small, resulting in a frequency accuracy of about 5×10-7 in the domain of extreme-ultraviolet radiation
Monitoring ultrashort pulses by transverse frequency doubling of counterpropagating pulses in random media
The authors study experimentally the transverse second-harmonic generation of counterpropagating pulses by a quasi-phase-matching in a medium with a random ferroelectric domain structure. The authors show that this parametric process results in a direct realization of the cross correlation of two optical signals and, therefore, it can be employed for direct characterizations of ultrashort pulses including their temporal structure and pulse front tilt.The authors acknowledge the support of the Australian
Research Council
Generation of Bessel beams by parametric frequency doubling in annular nonlinear periodic structures
We analyze the second-harmonic generation in two-dimensional
photonic structures with radially periodic domains created by poling of a
nonlinear quadratic crystal. We demonstrate that the parametric conversion
of the Gaussian fundamental beam propagating along the axis of the annular
structure leads to the axial emission of the second-harmonic field in the
form of the radially polarized first-order Bessel beam
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