Modulation of High-Order Harmonic Generation from a Monolayer ZnO by Co-rotating Two-Color Circularly Polarized Laser Fields

By numerically solving the two-dimensional semiconductor Bloch equation,we study the high-order harmonic emission of a monolayer ZnO under the driving of co-rotating two-color circularly polarized laser pulses.By changing the relative phase between the fundamental frequency field and the second one,it is found that the harmonic intensity in the platform region can be significantly modulated.In the higher order,the harmonic intensity can be increased by about one order of magnitude.Through time-frequency analysis,it is demonstrated that the emission trajectory of monolayer ZnO can be controlled by the relative phase,and the harmonic enhancement is caused by the second quantum trajectory with the higher emission probability.In addition,near-circularly polarized harmonics can be generated in the co-rotating two-color circularly polarized fields.With the change of the relative phase,the harmonics in the platform region can be altered from left-handed near-circularly polarization to right-handed one.Our results can obtain high-intensity harmonic radiation with an adjustable ellipticity,which provides an opportunity for syntheses of circularly polarized attosecond pulses.

Breaking the optical efficiency limit of virtual reality with a nonreciprocal polarization rotator

A catadioptric lens structure,also known as pancake lens,has been widely used in virtual reality(VR)displays to reduce the formfactor.However,the utilization of a half mirror(HM)to fold the optical path thrice leads to a significant optical loss.The theoretical maximum optical efficiency is merely 25%.To transcend this optical efficiency constraint while retaining the foldable characteristic inherent to traditional pancake optics,in this paper,we propose a theoretically lossless folded optical system to replace the HM with a nonreciprocal polarization rotator.In our feasibility demonstration experiment,we used a commercial Faraday rotator(FR)and reflective polarizers to replace the lossy HM.The theoretically predicted 100%efficiency can be achieved approximately by using two high-extinction-ratio reflective polarizers.In addition,we evaluated the ghost images using a micro-OLED panel in our imaging system.Indeed,the ghost images can be suppressed to undetectable level if the optics are with antireflection coating.Our novel pancake optical system holds great potential for revolutionizing next-generation VR displays with lightweight,compact formfactor,and low power consumption.

A band-pass frequency selective surface with polarization rotation

A band-pass frequency selective surface(FSS) with polarization rotation property is proposed. The proposed polarization rotating FSS(PR-FSS) is a two-dimensional periodic structure, its unit cell is an antenna-filter-antenna(AFA) module,and the polarization directions of the upper and lower antennas in each AFA module are orthogonal to each other, so the PR-FSS can achieve frequency selection and 90 degrees polarization rotation at the same time. The numerical simulation demonstrate that the anticipated frequency selection and polarization rotation are realized by the PR-FSS in the frequency band from 8.84 GHz to 10.30 GHz with a relative bandwidth of 15.26%, and the maximum insertion loss in the pass band is only 0.17 d B. Finally, one effective experiment validation is carried out, a reasonable agreement is observed between the experimental and simulated results except for a slight deviation caused by fabrication error and measurement tolerance.

Ellipsometric configurations using a phase retarder and a rotating polarizer and analyzer at any speed ratio

In this paper, we propose an ellipsometer using a phase retarder and rotating polarizer and analyzer at a speed ratio I：N. Different ellipsometric configurations are presented by assuming N = 1, 2, and 3. Moreover, two values of the offset angle of the retarder are considered for each ellipsometric configuration. The Mueller formalism is employed to extract the Stokes parameters, from which the intensity received by the detector is obtained. The optical properties of c-Si are calculated using all configurations. A comparison between different configurations is carried out considering the effect of the noise on the results and the uncertainties in the ellipsometric parameters as functions of the uncertainties of the Fourier coefficients. It is found that the alignment of the phase retarder has a crucial impact on the results and the ellipsometric configuration with speed ratio 1：1 is preferred over the other configurations.

Principal State Analysis for a Compact in-Line Fiber Polarization Controller

A compact in-line fiber-based polarization controller(FPC)made of a rotatable fiber squeezer is investigated in detail with the Mueller matrix model established based on the generalized principal state of polarization(PSP).The PSP caused by the fiber squeezing is in the equator plane,which turns around S3 axis on the Poincarésphere when rotating the squeezer.Subsequently,a programmable polarization control method is proposed to realize the polarization conversion between arbitrary polarization states,in which only two parameters of phase shift and rotation angle need to be controlled.This type of FPC,which has a highly compact structure,lower insertion loss,and can be directly embedded into any fiber devices without any extra delay,will be an ideal PC for high-speed optical communication and all-optical signal processing.

Thin Film Characterization Using Rotating Polarizer Analyzer Ellipsometer with a Speed Ratio 1:3

In a recent previous work, we proposed a rotating polarizer-analyzer ellipsometer (RPAE) in which the two elements are rotating synchronously in the same direction with a speed ratio 1:3. We applied this technique to bulk samples. In this work, we present theoretically the characterization of 100 nm SiO2 thin film using this spectroscopic RPAE. We assume a structure consisting of air (ambient)/SiO2 (thin film)/c-Si (substrate). The ellipsometric parameters ψ and Δ are calculated when a clean signal is received by the detector and when a hypothetical noise is imposed on this signal. The film thickness and the optical constants of the film are calculated for the noisy signal in the spectrum range 200 - 800 nm. The results are compared with the proposed thickness and with the accepted values for SiO2 optical constants.

Robust and high-speed rotation control in optical tweezers by using polarization synthesis based on heterodyne interference

The rotation control of particles in optical tweezers is often subject to the spin or orbit angular momentum induced optical torque,which is susceptible to the mechanical and morphological properties of individual particle.Here we report on a robust and high-speed rotation control in optical tweezers by using a novel linear polarization synthesis based on optical heterodyne interference between two circularly polarized lights with opposite handedness.The synthesized linear polarization can be rotated in a hopping-free scheme at arbitrary speed determined electronically by the heterodyne frequency between two laser fields.The experimental demonstration of a trapped vaterite particle in water shows that the precisely controlled rotation frequency of 300 Hz can be achieved.The proposed method will find promising applications in optically driven micro-gears,fluidic pumps and rotational micro-rheology.

Towards 640 Gbit/s wavelength conversion based on nonlinear polarization rotation in a semiconductor optical amplifier

Taking into account ultra-fast carrier dynamics, this paper models 640 Gbit/s wavelength conversion scheme based on nonlinear polarization rotation （NPR） in a single semiconductor optical amplifier （SOA） and investigates the performance of this kind of wavelength conversion scheme in detail. In this model, two carrier temperature equations are introduced to substitute two energy density equations, which reduce the complexity of calculation in comparison with the previous model. The temporary gain and phase shift dynamics induced by ultra-short optical pulses are numerically simulated and the simulated results are qualitatively in good agreement with reported experimental results. Simulated results show that non-inverted and inverted 640 Gbit/s wavelength conversions based on NPR are achieved with clear open eye diagrams. To further investigate the performance of the non-inverted wavelength conversion scheme, the dependence of output extinction ratio （ER） on some key parameters used in simulation is illustrated. Furthermore, simulated analyses show that high performance non-inverted wavelength conversion based on NPR can be achieved by using a red-shifted filtering scheme.

Frequency-selective microwave polarization rotator using substrate-integrated waveguide cavities

A frequency selective polarization rotator that can rotate the polarization angle of an incident electromagnetic wave at the microwave frequency by 45 is presented. The polarization rotator is based on a two-dimensional periodic array of substrate integrated waveguide cavities, realizing the polarization rotation by coupling the input signal to the output wave through three metallic slots. Two layers of frequency selective surfaces are cascaded by substrate and form the polarization rotator. A vertical slot on the top layer is used to select the horizontal polarization from the incident wave, the vertical and the horizontal slots on the bottom layer are, respectively, used to obtain horizontally and vertically polarized outgoing waves. The two orthogonal outgoing waves are combined to result in the 45~ polarized wave. Both full wave simulation and experimental measurement are carried out, together validating the proposed method.

Passive polarization rotator based on silica photonic crystal fiber for 1.31-μm and 1.55-μm bands via adjusting the fiber length

A new polarization rotator based on the silica photonic crystal fiber is proposed. The proposed polarization rotator photonic crystal fiber （PR-PCF） possesses a triangle jigsaw-shape core region. The full-vector finite-element method is used to analyze the phenomenon of polarization conversion between the quasi-TE and quasi-TM modes. Numerical simulations show that the wavelengths of 1.31 μm and 1.55 μm are converted with a nearly 100% polarization conversion ratio with their matched coupling length and has a relatively strong realistic fabrication tolerance - 100 nm on the y axis and 50 nm on the x axis. The full vectorial finite difference beam propagation method is used to confirm the performance of the proposed PR-PCF.

An all-optical buffer based on polarization rotation in an EAM

A theoretical model of the refractive index changes of the TE and TM modes in an electro-absorption modulator （EAM） is deduced. The photon absorption and refractive index changes are analyzed numerically. The influence of pump intensity on the phase difference between the TE and TM modes is studied. The polarization rotation effect is obtained in the EAM, and a novel all-optical fiber loop buffer is designed.

Compact Interlaced Dual Circularly Polarized Sequentially Rotated Dielectric-Resonator Antenna Array

In this study,a compact 2×2 interlaced sequentially rotated dual-polarized dielectric-resonator antenna array is proposed for 5.8 GHz applications.The array is composed of a novel unit elements that are made of rectangular dielectric resonator(RDR)coupled to an eye slot for generating the orthogonal modes,TEδx 21 and TE1yδ1 to acquire circular polarization(CP)radiation.For the purpose of miniaturization and achieving dual polarized resonance,the array is fed by two interlaced ports and each port excites two radiating elements.The first port feeds horizontal elements to obtain left hand circular polarization(LHCP).The second port feeds vertical elements to obtain right hand circular polarization(RHCP).A quarter-wave length transformer is employed to reduce the attenuation and consequently increase the array gain performance.The 35×35 mm2(0.676λ0×0.676λ0)gains were 8.4 and 8.2 dBi for port 1 and port 2,respectively,with port isolations of−33.51 dB.The design achieves a voltage standing-wave ratio(VSWR)<−10 dB and an axial ratio(AR)<−3 dB bandwidth of 2.48%(5.766 to 5.911 GHz)for LHCP at port 1 and a VSWR<−10 dB and AR<−3 dB bandwidth of 2.28%(5.788 to 5.922 GHz)for RHCP at port 2.The findings of the proposed design validate its use for ISM band applications.

Nonlinear Polarization Rotation Characteristic Phenomenon in a Bulk Semiconductor Optical Amplifier

The phenomena of polarization rotation induced by self-modulation in semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) are analyzed theoretically. The relationship between polarization parameters and gain as well as phase is obtained by the correlation parameter of ellipse polarization and SOA nonlinearity polarization rotation theory. The experiment employs polarizer drive by walking electromotor and power meter, the light power of 360 degree is measured. The transformation law of output polarization power components is found for obvious polarization rotation in the selected coordinate axes based on connection of polarization state in difference axes. Using this law make the manipulation easily on getting ideal polarization state. It can offer a fine method to realize all-optical switch and other logic elements in experiment. This work is of great significance for the applications of SOA nonlinear polarization rotation at high-speed all-optical signal processing and all-optical logic gate.

Comparative Analysis of the Characteristics of Polar and Non-Polar Spiral Polarization Rotators

Spiral polarization rotators, rotating polarization ellipse axes clockwise or counterclockwise, depending on the azimuth angle in the transverse plane, are considered. It is shown that spiral polarization rotators lead to a change in the order of optical vortices with circular polarization. A comparative analysis of spiral rotators of two types (polar and non-polar) is carried out, using a mirror that allows light to pass in the opposite direction through the rotator. The effect of spiral rotators on optical vortices in a resonator is studied. It is shown that spiral rotators can preserve or accumulate changes of the vortex order during the passage of the beam in both directions. The properties of the spiral rotator and the cube-corner reflector with a special phase-correcting coating, as a diffractive polarization-optical element, are compared.

On the use of cross polarization in solid-state NMR:1 H spinlock versus adiabatic demagnetization in the rotating frame

Cross polarization(CP)is a widely used solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance(NMR)technique for enhancing the polarization of dilute S spins from much larger polarization of abundant I spins such as 1 H.To achieve such a polarization transfer,the I spin should either be spin-locked or be converted to the dipolar ordered state through adiabatic demagnetization in the rotating frame.In this work,we analyze the spin dynamics of the Hartmann-Hahn CP(HHCP)utilizing the 1 H spin-locking,and the dipolar-order CP(DOCP)having the 1 H adiabatic demagnetization.We further propose an adiabatic demagnetization CP(ADCP)where a constant radio-frequency pulse is applied on the S spin while 1 H is adiabatically demagnetized.Our analyses indicate that ADCP utilizes the adiabatic passage to effectively achieve the polarization transfer from the 1 H to S spins.In addition,the dipolar ordered state generated during the 1 H demagnetization process could also be converted into the observable S polarization through DOCP,further enhancing the polarized signals.It is shown by both static and magic-angle-spinning(MAS)NMR experiments that ADCP has dramatically broadened the CP matching condition over the other CP schemes.Various samples have been used to demonstrate the polarization transfer efficiency of this newly proposed ADCP scheme.

EARTH ROTATION EQUATIONS CONTAINING BOTH NUTATION AND POLAR MOTION

The theory of Smith (1977,1980) is generalized to include both forced and free rotations by introducing an arbitrarily rotating nutation frame.The Eulerien equations are transformed to include the following unknowns:the angular velocity of the nutation frame with respect to the spatial frame,which represents the nutation,and the angles defining the orientation of the Earth with respect to the nutation frame,which represents the polar motion.Together with the definition of the nutation frame (as the definition of the nutation frame is arbitrary to some extent),one can solve simultaneously forced and free nutation and polar motion.As demonstrative examples,studies of nutation and polar motion are made by assuming the nutation axis to be the Earth’s figure axis,rotation axis and angular momentum axis respectively.And the case of the celestial ephemeris pole is also studied.

Isolated attosecond pulse generation with few-cycle two-color counter-rotating circularly polarized laser pulses

Most of the schemes for generating isolated attosecond pulses（IAP） are sensitive to the carrier-envelope phase（CEP）of the driving lasers. We propose a scheme for generating IAP using two-color counter-rotating circularly polarized（TCCRCP） laser pulses. The results demonstrate that the dependence of the IAP generation on CEP stability is largely reduced in this scheme. IAP can be generated at most of CEPs. Therefore, the experiment requirements become lower.

基于硅基光电子芯片的低损耗动态偏振控制器

动态偏振控制器能够实现输入光场任意偏振态到输出光场任意偏振态的控制,可以动态补偿长距离单模光纤导致的双折射效应,是量子通信和相干通信系统中的重要器件.本文设计并实验验证了基于硅基光电子芯片的低损耗动态偏振控制器,芯片采用标准的绝缘体上硅工艺制作,器件整体尺寸为5.20 mm×0.12 mm×0.80 mm,整体损耗为5.7 dB,最大功耗为0.2W.基于可变步长.模拟退火算法、低噪声探测器和高静态消光比的器件,动态偏振消光比可锁定至30 dB以上.芯片采用热相移器对TE0光场的相位延迟量进行控制,整体为0°/45°/0°/45°结构,可实现无端偏振控制.基于Lumerical软件对核心部件偏振旋转分束结构进行了优化,该结构将以端面耦合方式进入波导中的TM0模式光场转化至另一波导中的TE0模式光场,而原单波导中TE0模式光场不发生转化,实验测得动态偏振控制器的静态偏振消光比可达40 dB以上.该器件具有小体积、低功耗和低成本的特点,可以广泛应用于量子通信和相干通信等领域,特别是需要考虑体积、功耗和成本的应用场合.

一种宽带宽波束圆极化微带天线的设计

本文设计了一款宽带宽波束圆极化微带天线。天线采用堆叠的双层圆贴片结构,结合四点顺序旋转馈电方式,实现了宽带圆极化辐射性能;在叠层圆贴片周边加载垂直接地金属柱环形阵,利用波束引向作用和等效零模谐振特性,在大带宽范围内实现了半功率波束宽度(HPBW)的有效展宽,并保证宽带宽波束内的圆极化辐射性能。对天线进行了加工、测试。实测结果表明,S 11小于-10 dB的阻抗带宽(4.54 GHz~11.50 GHz)为87%,覆盖了期望的应用工作频带6 GHz~10 GHz;轴比小于3 dB的带宽达到了33.1%(6.71 GHz~9.36 GHz);HPBW在6 GHz~8 GHz范围内接近100°,在整个带宽内均超过75°;除了9.5 GHz以上频段,工作频带内的6 dB轴比波束宽度覆盖范围都接近200°,表明天线在宽带和宽波束内具有良好的圆极化性能。

基于国内VLBI站组网的EOP观测仿真研究

地球定向参数观测的仿真研究对于其实际测量具有指导意义,根据国内两套甚长基线干涉测量全球观测系统(中国科学院国家授时中心+中国科学院上海天文台)进行组网并对其EOP(Earth orientation parameters)测量能力进行了仿真分析。其中6站组网联测相比于3站组网,EOP总观测量时延数量提高约5倍,该网型测量UT1、PMX、PMY3个EOP分量的精度分别提高了2.3倍、3.0倍和2.6倍。不论是3站网型还是6站网型,EOP观测精度都会随着热噪声水平的升高而降低,但统计分析表明,热噪声水平在70 ps以下时,影响EOP测量精度的主导因素仍为网络的几何构型。对6种5台站组网情况下的EOP精度仿真,并与6台站仿真结果对比,表明当其中的喀什、哈尔滨、三亚3个外围观测站缺失时,会导致PMY测量精度的显著降低。