We report studies on UV-photobleached optical channel waveguides in nonlinear optical polymer films. The nonlinear optical polymer used is poly(methyl methacrylate)/DR1 side-chain polymer. The effective indices of the...
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We report studies on UV-photobleached optical channel waveguides in nonlinear optical polymer films. The nonlinear optical polymer used is poly(methyl methacrylate)/DR1 side-chain polymer. The effective indices of the channel waveguides are measured with the prism-coupling technique, along with the effective indices of bleached and unbleached polymer films. The effective-index method was used to predict the effective indices of the channel waveguides from measurements of the slab waveguides, without detailed knowledge of the index distributions in the polymer films. Some local stress-related effects on the boundaries of the channel waveguides caused by the UV-bleaching process are identified by comparison between direct channel measurement and prediction. It is found that the technique used in this study can be employed to predict the performance of channel waveguides processed such that they have no excessive internal stress distributions.
We have developed an imaging reflectometer to measure cone-photoreceptor alignment. One makes measurements by bleaching the cone photopigment and imaging the distribution of light returning from the retina, which is i...
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We have developed an imaging reflectometer to measure cone-photoreceptor alignment. One makes measurements by bleaching the cone photopigment and imaging the distribution of light returning from the retina, which is illuminated from a small source imaged in the plane df the eye's pupil. If the source is near the optimal entry pupil position as determined psychophysically, the distribution of light returning from the retina is peaked, and the magnitude of the peak depends on the location of the source in the pupil. of the eye. If the source is far from the optimal entry pupil position, then there is no measurable peak. The location of the peak varies across individuals and coincides with the reported location of best visibility of the measuring light and with previous psychophysical and reflectometric measurements of the Stiles-Crawford peak. The source of this directionality must arise either from the photoreceptors or from behind the photoreceptors because the peak is not present if measurements are made when the cone photopigments have high optical density.
A finite difference beam propagation method (FD-BPM) algorithm using an adaptive mesh is proposed for optimal use of computer memory and minimization of CPU times in three-dimensional longitudinally varying guiding st...
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A finite difference beam propagation method (FD-BPM) algorithm using an adaptive mesh is proposed for optimal use of computer memory and minimization of CPU times in three-dimensional longitudinally varying guiding structures. Preliminary results confirming its feasibility and the advantages of the new algorithm both in CPU and computer memory requirements are described in a 2D case using a Y-junction.
The spatial coherence function of a beam exiting from a waveguiding device can be used to determine the transverse modal composition of the fields which are supported within the structure. The strength of the spatial ...
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The spatial coherence function of a beam exiting from a waveguiding device can be used to determine the transverse modal composition of the fields which are supported within the structure. The strength of the spatial coherence technique is that it directly yields the relative modal weights which exist within the cavity. While this technique has received little attention in the past due to the experimental difficulties in measuring spatial coherence, a recently developed technique overcomes several of these problems. We demonstrate how the relative modal amplitudes may be extracted from the spatial coherence function for the case where the field distribution is described by Hermite-Gaussian polynomials, We point out some limitations of this method and discuss how these may be circumvented.
A folded short in parallel-plate waveguide is investigated using the Fourier transform and the mode-matching. A fast-converging series solution for scattering from the folded short is obtained and its characteristics ...
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A folded short in parallel-plate waveguide is investigated using the Fourier transform and the mode-matching. A fast-converging series solution for scattering from the folded short is obtained and its characteristics are presented. Our solution for the E-plane short agrees well with measurement and is numerically more efficient than the existing moment-method solution. The presented scattering characteristics are useful for the design of the E- and H-plane shorts in rectangular waveguide.
We present a simple method for obtaining stationary solutions to the perturbed nonlinear Schrodinger equation from a random input field. In particular, we propagate the initial field while both renormalizing to ensure...
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We present a simple method for obtaining stationary solutions to the perturbed nonlinear Schrodinger equation from a random input field. In particular, we propagate the initial field while both renormalizing to ensure that the maximum field value remains constant and absorbing the field at increasingly large distances from the centre of the computational window in position and wavevector space. Our algorithm, which results in near-perfect lowest-order solitons for a wide range of absorber and computational parameters, should be equally applicable to other nonlinear equations.
waveguide coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy (WCARS) can be used to measure Raman-active vibrations of thin (mono, submono) layers deposited on dielectric, waveguides. In these experiments, surface sensitivity an...
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waveguide coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy (WCARS) can be used to measure Raman-active vibrations of thin (mono, submono) layers deposited on dielectric, waveguides. In these experiments, surface sensitivity and background-free spectra are obtained by using asymmetric mode combinations. The degree of suppression then depends upon the waveguide parameters (thicknesses, refractive indices, and third-order polarizabilities), the wavelengths used, and the selected propagating modes. With knowledge of the refractive indices and the third-order polarizabilities, the other parameters can be used to tune into a background-free region. The refractive indices of many waveguide materials are known or can easily be measured. Unfortunately, the third-order polarizabilities are most often not known and should therefore be determined experimentally. In this paper a method is outlined to measure the third-order susceptibility (chi(NR)((3))) of a waveguide,vith the use of WCARS experiments. The value chi(RA)((3)) of SIOxNy is determined experimentally and is found to be 0.22 +/- 0.03 10(-12) electrostatic units.
In this paper, optical power coupling when waveguide separations, translations and rotations are present is addressed using a modal expansion technique. Numerical results are presented and discussed for Hermite-Gaussi...
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In this paper, optical power coupling when waveguide separations, translations and rotations are present is addressed using a modal expansion technique. Numerical results are presented and discussed for Hermite-Gaussian input and output guided-mode profiles.
A novel athermal waveguide for temperature-stable diode lasers was investigated. The waveguide consisted of SiOX, Ta2O5 and SiO2 dielectric layers deposited on a Si substrate. A theoretical calculation shows that the ...
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A novel athermal waveguide for temperature-stable diode lasers was investigated. The waveguide consisted of SiOX, Ta2O5 and SiO2 dielectric layers deposited on a Si substrate. A theoretical calculation shows that the optical path (defined by the product of the effective index of the waveguide and the waveguide length) of the waveguide can be independent of temperature if the thicknesses of Ta2O5 and SiOX layers are properly chosen. The Ta2O5 and SiOX layers were deposited using the magnetron sputtering technique. The indices of SiOX and Ta2O5 films are 1.5 and 2.12, respectively. The SiO2 layer was fabricated by flame hydrolysis deposition with a thickness of 4 mu m. Good surface morphology and thickness uniformity of the SiO2 layer were obtained. The index-temperature drift of SiO2 was measured to be 3 X 10(-5)/degrees C which is about 10 times less than that of a III-V semiconductor. A comparison of the temperature dependence of the SiOX/Ta2O5/SiO2 waveguide and Ta2O5/TiO2/SiO2 waveguide is also presented.
Carbon-carbon composite are used in many applications including aircraft disk brakes, space shuttle leading edges, rocket inlet nozzles and exit cones, and are currently being considered for future aircraft structural...
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Carbon-carbon composite are used in many applications including aircraft disk brakes, space shuttle leading edges, rocket inlet nozzles and exit cones, and are currently being considered for future aircraft structural components, because of their mechanical stability under adverse temperature conditions. Unfortunately, the processing of carbon-carbon composites, especially the first carbonizations, has a relatively low yield, because of in-process interply failure leading to catastrophic delaminations. Considerable amount of man-power, equipment time and material are lost. Here we report on the progress in the development of sensors for monitoring these catastrophic events during the first carbonization. Specifically, acoustic emission sensors and gas sensors are singled out as the most promising ones for monitoring the evolution of micro and macro-structural changes during the first carbonization. Analysis of the high temperature waveguide was undertaken to determine the optimum waveguide geometry so that only a single mode is allowed to propagate in the waveguide.
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