Multimode interference (MMI) devices are widely used in planar lightwave circuit (PLC). The device length can be well reduced with tapered multimode region. Traditional design formula shows large error for MMI devices...Multimode interference (MMI) devices are widely used in planar lightwave circuit (PLC). The device length can be well reduced with tapered multimode region. Traditional design formula shows large error for MMI devices based on weakly- restricted waveguide. Based on the analysis with mode width as a substitution of waveguide width, a design formula with better precision was presented. Comparison with software simulation verified its exactness.展开更多
We theoretically investigate the features of two-photon absorption in a coherently driven four-level atomic system with closed-loop configuration. It is found that two-photon absorption can be completely suppressed ju...We theoretically investigate the features of two-photon absorption in a coherently driven four-level atomic system with closed-loop configuration. It is found that two-photon absorption can be completely suppressed just by properly adjusting the relative phase of four coherent low-intensity driving fields and the atomic system becomes trans- parent against two-photon absorption. From a physical point of view, we explicitly explain these results in terms of quantum interference induced by two different two-photon excitation channels.展开更多
文摘Multimode interference (MMI) devices are widely used in planar lightwave circuit (PLC). The device length can be well reduced with tapered multimode region. Traditional design formula shows large error for MMI devices based on weakly- restricted waveguide. Based on the analysis with mode width as a substitution of waveguide width, a design formula with better precision was presented. Comparison with software simulation verified its exactness.
基金The project supported in part by National Natural Science Foundation of China unde.r Grant Nos. 10634060, 10575040, and 90503010 Acknowledgments The authors would like to thank professor Ying WU for helpful discussion and his encouragement.
文摘We theoretically investigate the features of two-photon absorption in a coherently driven four-level atomic system with closed-loop configuration. It is found that two-photon absorption can be completely suppressed just by properly adjusting the relative phase of four coherent low-intensity driving fields and the atomic system becomes trans- parent against two-photon absorption. From a physical point of view, we explicitly explain these results in terms of quantum interference induced by two different two-photon excitation channels.
