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Steering between Bloch oscillation and dipole oscillation in parabolic optical waveguide arrays
We study the optical oscillations of supermodes in planar optical waveguide
arrays with parabolically graded propagation constant in individual waveguide
interacting through nearest neighbor couplings. In these arrays, we have
identified a transition between a symmetric dipole oscillation (DO) and a
symmetry-breaking Bloch oscillation (BO) under appropriate conditions. There
exist obvious correspondences between gradon localization and various optical
oscillations. By virtue of an analogue between the oscillation of optical
system and that of a plane pendulum, we propose a shift of the graded profile
to cause a transition from BO to DO. We confirm the optical transition by means
of Hamiltonian optics, as well as by the field evolution of the supermodes. The
results offer great potential applications in optical switching, which can be
applied to design suitable optical devices.Comment: Submitted to JOSA B for publication
Target shape effects on monoenergetic GeV proton acceleration
When a circularly polarized laser pulse interacts with a foil target, there
are three stages: pre-hole-boring, hole-boring and the light sail acceleration.
We study the electron and ion dynamics in the first stage and find the minimum
foil thickness requirement for a given laser intensity. Based on this analysis,
we propose to use a shaped foil for ion acceleration, whose thickness varies
transversely to match the laser intensity. Then, the target evolves into three
regions: the acceleration, transparency and deformation regions. In the
acceleration region, the target can be uniformly accelerated producing a
mono-energetic and spatially collimated ion beam. Detailed numerical
simulations are performed to check the feasibility and robustness of this
scheme, such as the influence of shape factors and surface roughness. A GeV
mono-energetic proton beam is observed in the three dimensional
particle-in-cell simulations when a laser pulse with the focus intensity of
1022W=cm2 is used. The energy conversion efficiency of laser pulse to
accelerated proton beam is more than 23%. Synchrotron radiation and damping
effects are also checked in the interaction.Comment: 11 pages, 9 figure
Differential measurement of atmospheric refraction with a telescope with double fields of view
For the sake of complete theoretical research of atmospheric refraction, the
atmospheric refraction under the condition of lower angles of elevation is
still worthy to be analyzed and explored. In some engineering applications, the
objects with larger zenith distance must be observed sometimes. Carrying out
observational research of the atmospheric refraction at lower angles of
elevation has an important significance. It has been considered difficult to
measure the atmospheric refraction at lower angles of elevation. A new idea for
determining atmospheric refraction by utilizing differential measurement with
double fields of view is proposed. Taking the observational principle of
HIPPARCOS satellite as a reference, a schematic prototype with double fields of
view was developed. In August of 2013, experimental observations were carried
out and the atmospheric refractions at lower angles of elevation can be
obtained by the schematic prototype. The measured value of the atmospheric
refraction at the zenith distance of 78.8 degree is , and the
feasibility of differential measurement of atmospheric refraction with double
fields of view was justified. The limitations of the schematic prototype such
as inadequate ability of gathering light, lack of accurate meteorological data
recording and lower automatic level of observation and data processing were
also pointed out, which need to be improved in subsequent work.Comment: 10 pages, 6 figure
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