Periodic structures along the propagation direction of light yields the very well known Bragg reflection. When the wavelength is away from any Bragg resonance, in first approximation optical beams perceive the average...
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(纸本)9798350345995
Periodic structures along the propagation direction of light yields the very well known Bragg reflection. When the wavelength is away from any Bragg resonance, in first approximation optical beams perceive the average value of the refractive index. This idea is used, for example, in realizing the so called segmented or Bragg waveguides, once the refractive index is free to vary also across the transverse direction. Following this model, light should freely diffract if the average value of the refractive index is uniform across the wavefront, see Fig. 1(a). The above conclusion, even if quite appealing, is factually wrong due to the emergence of an additional phase contribution due to the Kapitza effect: the local transverse gradient induces a modulation of the transverse wave vector; when the longitudinal average of the effective kinetic energy (thus involving the square of the transverse wave vector) is computed, a longitudinally-independent effective potential emerges. In agreement with the physical origin of the Kapitza effect, the potential is proportional to the square of the modulation period and to the square of the transverse derivative of the refractive index. We already experimentally demonstrated the existence of the Kapitza guiding using synthetic lattice in fiber loops [1]. In this contribution we aim to extend the Kapitza confinement to the case of a point-dependent delay applied to the periodic potential, see Fig. 1(b). Physically speaking, a local gradient is now present even if the amplitude of the periodic oscillation does not vary on the transverse direction [2]. The new contribution to the delay can be interpreted as a gauge fie1d [3], [4] due to the local shifting of the propagation coordinate, providing in turn a new term in the Kapitza potential proportional to the square of the delay derivative. We confirmed the existence of this new way to manipulate waves using BPM numerical simulations and experiments in fiber loops using trains of pulses,
We report on processing the bulk of silicon with infrared ultrashort laser pulses. The localized energy deposition and resulting material modifications enable various applications, from the inscription of waveguides t...
Metasurfaces offer promising possibilities for emerging photonic applications like see-through, near-eye displays. Vistec Electron Beam lithography systems with variable shaped beam (VSB) and cell projection (CP) tech...
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Second-harmonic generation (SHG) is a second-order nonlinear optical process that is not allowed in media with inversion symmetry. However, due to the broken symmetry at the surface, surface SHG still occurs, but is g...
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In recent years, stereoscopic image processing algorithms have gained importance for a variety of applications. To capture larger measurement volumes, multiple stereo systems are combined into a multi-view stereo syst...
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We present the realization of phase-shifted FBGs via post-processing using ultrashort laser pulses. Herein, we study the influence of the initial FBG parameters in combination with different extensions of the post-pro...
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We demonstrate the first reflective VBGs in an athermal glass inscribed by ultrashort laser pulses. Grating properties are investigated and compared with theoretical predictions concerning their insensitivity to ambie...
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We demonstrate photon-pair generation through spontaneous parametric downconversion in transition metal dichalcogenides, namely 3R-MoS2. By exciting 278nm thick 3R-MoS2 stacks at 788nm, we produce entangled photon-pai...
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We characterize laser-written waveguides in silicon versus the inscription parameters such as scanning speed and pulse energy. The analysis is carried out at different wavelengths and polarization states. Finally, the...
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(纸本)9781957171258
We characterize laser-written waveguides in silicon versus the inscription parameters such as scanning speed and pulse energy. The analysis is carried out at different wavelengths and polarization states. Finally, the silicon sample is annealed to investigate the possible mechanism that leads to positive refractive index changes.
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