Kerr nonlinearity effect on femtosecond radiation pulse filamentation in air

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Kerr Nonlinearity ◽  
Radiation Pulse ◽  
Femtosecond Radiation ◽  
Nonlinearity Effect

Superradiance pulse duration by molecular nitrogen ions in air laser plasma

2021 ◽  
pp. 161-165
Author(s):  
I.A. Zyatikov ◽  
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V.F. Losev ◽  
V.E. Prokopev ◽  
D.M. Lubenko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Active Medium ◽  
Pulse Duration ◽  
Laser Plasma ◽  
Molecular Nitrogen ◽  
Radiation Pulse ◽  
Femtosecond Radiation ◽  
Superradiance Pulse ◽  
Nitrogen Ions

The results of study of superradiance pulse duration by molecular nitrogen ions in air for various focusing conditions of femtosecond radiation pulse with a wavelength of 950 nm are presented. Parameters of active medium are analyzed and mechanism for the formation of picosecond superradiance pulse at femtosecond seed duration is proposed.

scholarly journals A tutorial on fiber Kerr nonlinearity effect and its compensation in optical communication systems

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunish Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Optical Fiber ◽  
Optical Fibers ◽  
Optical Communication ◽  
Kerr Effect ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Pulse Propagation ◽  
Kerr Nonlinearity ◽  
Nonlinearity Compensation ◽  
Optical Communication Systems ◽  
Nonlinearity Effect

Abstract The advent of silica-based low-cost standard single-mode fibers revolutionized the whole communication industry. The deployment of optical fibers in the networks induces a paradigm shift in the communication technologies used for long-haul information transfer. However, the communication using the optical fibers is affected by several linear and nonlinear effects. The most common linear effects are attenuation and chromatic dispersion, whereas the dominant nonlinear effect is the Kerr effect. The Kerr effect induces a power-dependent nonlinear distortion for the signal propagating in the optical fiber. The detrimental effects of the Kerr nonlinearity limit the capacity of long-haul optical communication systems. Fiber Kerr nonlinearity compensation using digital signal processing (DSP) techniques has been well investigated over several years. In this paper, we provide a comprehensive tutorial, including the fundamental mathematical analysis, on the characteristics of the optical fiber channel, the origin of the Kerr nonlinearity effect, the theory of the pulse propagation in the optical fiber, and the numerical and analytical tools for solving the pulse propagation equation. In addition, we provide a concise review of various DSP techniques for fiber nonlinearity compensation, such as digital back-propagation, Volterra series-based nonlinearity equalization, perturbation theory-based nonlinearity compensation, and phase conjugation. We also carry out numerical simulation and the complexity evaluation of the selected nonlinearity compensation techniques.

Laser Oscillation in Aggregates of Ultrasmall Si Nanoparticles

2002 ◽  
Vol 728 ◽  
Author(s):  
Munir H. Nayfeh
Keyword(s):  
Stimulated Emission ◽  
Gaussian Beams ◽  
Single Particles ◽  
Nonlinear Characteristics ◽  
Femtosecond Radiation ◽  
Highly Nonlinear ◽  
Line Narrowing ◽  
Si Nanoparticles ◽  
Speckle Patterns ◽  
Spectral Line Narrowing

AbstractWe dispersed electrochemically etched Si into ultrabright ultrasmall nanoparticles, with brightness higher than fluorescein or rhodamine. The emission from single particles is readily detectable. Aggregates or films of the particles exhibit emission with highly nonlinear characteristics. We observe directed blue beams at ∼ 410 nm between faces of aggregates excited by femtosecond radiation at 780 nm; and at ∼ 610 nm from aggregates of red luminescent Si nanoparticles excited by radiation at 550-570 nm from a mercury lamp. Intense directed Gaussian beams, a pumping threshold, spectral line narrowing, and speckle patterns manifest the emission. The results are analyzed in terms of population inversion and stimulated emission in quantum confinement-induced Si-Si dimer phase, found only on ultrasmall Si nanoparticles. This microlasing constitutes an important step towards the realization of a laser on a chip.

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