38 research outputs found
Self-Phasematched Nonlinear Optics in Integrated Semiconductor Microcavities
A novel concept of self-phasematched optical frequency conversion in
dispersive dielectric microcavities is studied theoretically and
experimentally. We develop a time-dependent model, incorporating the dispersion
into the structure of the spatial cavity modes and translating the
phasematching requirement into the optimization of a nonlinear cavity mode
overlap. We design and fabricate integrated double-resonance semiconductor
microcavities for self-phasematched second harmonic generation. The measured
efficiency exhibits a significant maximum near the cavity resonance due to the
intra-cavity enhancement of the input power and the dispersion-induced
wavelength detuning effect on the mode overlap, in good agreement with our
theoretical predictions.Comment: references update
Tailoring the climate security observatory to livestock-related conflicts
The Climate Security Observatory (CSO) is a decision support tool helping policymakers and other practitioners to understand and respond to climate-related security risks. It currently covers broad aspects of the climate security nexus, describing overall relationships among the dimensions of climate, conflict and socioeconomic vulnerabilities over a multiannual timeframe, without in-depth analysis of specific components around e.g. livestock-related conflicts, migration aspects, or food systems. This report is meant to guide future work that includes livestock systems into the CSO. To visualize agro-pastoral conflict and understand its causes, factors and exacerbators, the general CSO questions, analysis and used data sources need to be tailored to livestock systems. The report will therefore review current CSO analysis and give recommendations on how to include livestock systems and pastoral conflicts
High-Rate Entanglement Source via Two-Photon Emission from Semiconductor Quantum Wells
We propose a compact high-intensity room-temperature source of entangled
photons based on the efficient second-order process of two-photon spontaneous
emission from electrically-pumped semiconductor quantum wells in a photonic
microcavity. Two-photon emission rate in room-temperature semiconductor devices
is determined solely by the carrier density, regardless of the residual
one-photon emission. The microcavity selects two-photon emission for a specific
signal and idler wavelengths and at a preferred direction without modifying the
overall rate. Pair-generation rate in GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well structure is
estimated using a 14-band model to be 3 orders of magnitude higher than for
traditional broadband parametric down-conversion sources
Non-local Ponderomotive Nonlinearity in Plasmonic
We analyze an inherent nonlinearity of Surface Plasmon Polaritons at the
interface of Fermi-Dirac metal plasma, stemming from the depletion of electron
density in high-field intensity regions. The derived optical nonlinear
coefficients are comparable to the experimental values for metals. We calculate
the dispersion relations for the nonlinear propagation of high-intensity
Surface Plasmon Polaritons, predicting a nonlinear induced cutoff and vanishing
group velocity
Spin-carrier coupling induced ferromagnetism and giant resistivity peak in EuCdP
EuCdP is notable for its unconventional transport: upon cooling the
metallic resistivity changes slope and begins to increase, ultimately 100-fold,
before returning to its metallic value. Surprisingly, this giant peak occurs at
18K, well above the N\'{e}el temperature () of 11.5K. Using a suite of
sensitive probes of magnetism, including resonant x-ray scattering and
magneto-optical polarimetry, we have discovered that ferromagnetic order onsets
above in the temperature range of the resistivity peak. The observation
of inverted hysteresis in this regime shows that ferromagnetism is promoted by
coupling of localized spins and itinerant carriers. The resulting carrier
localization is confirmed by optical conductivity measurements
A spectroscopically confirmed Gaia-selected sample of 318 new young stars within ∼200 pc
In the Gaia era, the majority of stars in the Solar neighbourhood have parallaxes and proper motions precisely determined while spectroscopic age indicators are still missing for a large fraction of low-mass young stars. In this work, we select 756 overluminous late K and early M young star candidates in the southern sky and observe them over 64 nights with the ANU 2.3-m Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory using the Echelle (R = 24 000) and Wide Field spectrographs (WiFeS, R = 3000-7000). Our selection is kinematically unbiased to minimize the preference against low-mass members of stellar associations that dissipate first and to include potential members of diffuse components. We provide measurements of Hα and calcium H&K emission, as well as of Li i 6708 Å in absorption. This enables identification of stars as young as 10-30 Myr-a typical age range for stellar associations. We report on 346 stars showing detectable lithium absorption, 318 of which are not included in existing catalogues of young stars. We also report 125 additional stars in our sample presenting signs of stellar activity indicating youth but with no detectable lithium. Radial velocities are determined for WiFeS spectra with a precision of 3.2 km s-1 and 1.5 km s-1 for the Echelle sample