Pagrindinis šios disertacijos tikslas – sukurti efektyvius trijų ir keturių bangų sąveikomis paremtus metodus ultratrumpiesiems ultravioletinės (UV), artimosios bei vidurinės infraraudonosios (IR) spektro srities impulsams generuoti. Pademonstruota efektyvi Nd:stiklo lazerio harmonikų generacija nekolinearaus keturbangio skirtuminio dažnio žadinimo metodu izotropinėse terpėse. Disertacijoje taip pat eksperimentiškai ir teoriškai nagrinėjama galimybė stiprinti 10 fs trukmės UV impulsus. Pateikėme du metodus derinamo bangos ilgio IR impulsams generuoti naudojant komercinę Ti:safyro lazerio ir nekolinearaus optinio parametrinio stiprintuvo sistemą. Pirmasis metodas remiasi keturių bangų sąveikomis ir leidžia generuoti 20 μJ energijos, <30 fs trukmės impulsus 1−1.5 μm spektro ruože. Antrojo šaltinio veika remiasi skirtuminio dažnio generacijos bei optinio parametrinio stiprinimo sąveikomis BBO kristaluose. Sukurtas stiprintuvas, generuojantis dviejų optinių ciklų trukmės, stabilios gaubtinės fazės, 2 μm bangos ilgio impulsus ir pademonstruotas jo taikymas itin plataus spektro superkontinuumo generacijai plačios draustinės juostos kietojo kūno terpėse. Galiausiai, ištirta vienalaikė trečiosios harmonikos ir superkontinuumo generacija skaidriose dielektrinėse terpėse, bei pasiūlyta netiesinio f-3f interferometro schema impulso gaubtinės fazes fliuktuacijoms matuoti. / In this thesis we investigated and developed three- and four-wave interaction-based frequency conversion methods for ultrashort pulse generation in the ultraviolet (UV), near and mid-infrared (IR) spectral ranges. In particular, efficient generation of Nd:glass laser harmonics was demonstrated experimentally, through noncollinear four-wave difference-frequency mixing in isotropic media. Also, broadband optical parametric amplification in the UV was investigated theoretically and achieved experimentally. The results suggest, that pulses as short as 10 fs could be amplified. We have also developed two methods based on three- and four-wave mixing, that extend the tuning range of a commercial Ti:sapphire laser-NOPA system in the IR. The first method relies on four wave frequency down-conversion, and can achieve up to 20 μJ, sub-30-fs pulses tunable in the 1−1.5 μm range. The second method considers frequency conversion, based on difference frequency generation and optical parametric amplification in BBO crystals. The presented setup delivers two optical-cycle, carrier-envelope phase (CEP)-stable pulses at 2 μm. And finally, we demonstrated supercontinuum generation by filamentation of 20 fs pulses at 2 μm in wide-bandgap solids in the regime of anomalous group velocity dispersion. We also proposed the practical use of intrinsic third harmonic generation, for the CEP stability measurements.

In this thesis we investigated and developed three- and four-wave interaction-based frequency conversion methods for ultrashort pulse generation in the ultraviolet (UV), near and mid-infrared (IR) spectral ranges. In particular, efficient generation of Nd:glass laser harmonics was demonstrated experimentally, through noncollinear four-wave difference-frequency mixing in isotropic media. Also, broadband optical parametric amplification in the UV was investigated theoretically and achieved experimentally. The results suggest, that pulses as short as 10 fs could be amplified. We have also developed two methods based on three- and four-wave mixing, that extend the tuning range of a commercial Ti:sapphire laser-NOPA system in the IR. The first method relies on four wave frequency down-conversion, and can achieve up to 20 μJ, sub-30-fs pulses tunable in the 1−1.5 μm range. The second method considers frequency conversion, based on difference frequency generation and optical parametric amplification in BBO crystals. The presented setup delivers two optical-cycle, carrier-envelope phase (CEP)-stable pulses at 2 μm. And finally, we demonstrated supercontinuum generation by filamentation of 20 fs pulses at 2 μm in wide-bandgap solids in the regime of anomalous group velocity dispersion. We also proposed the practical use of intrinsic third harmonic generation, for the CEP stability measurements. / Pagrindinis šios disertacijos tikslas – sukurti efektyvius trijų ir keturių bangų sąveikomis paremtus metodus ultratrumpiesiems ultravioletinės (UV), artimosios bei vidurinės infraraudonosios (IR) spektro srities impulsams generuoti. Pademonstruota efektyvi Nd:stiklo lazerio harmonikų generacija nekolinearaus keturbangio skirtuminio dažnio žadinimo metodu izotropinėse terpėse. Disertacijoje taip pat eksperimentiškai ir teoriškai nagrinėjama galimybė stiprinti 10 fs trukmės UV impulsus. Pateikėme du metodus derinamo bangos ilgio IR impulsams generuoti naudojant komercinę Ti:safyro lazerio ir nekolinearaus optinio parametrinio stiprintuvo sistemą. Pirmasis metodas remiasi keturių bangų sąveikomis ir leidžia generuoti 20 μJ energijos, <30 fs trukmės impulsus 1−1.5 μm spektro ruože. Antrojo šaltinio veika remiasi skirtuminio dažnio generacijos bei optinio parametrinio stiprinimo sąveikomis BBO kristaluose. Sukurtas stiprintuvas, generuojantis dviejų optinių ciklų trukmės, stabilios gaubtinės fazės, 2 μm bangos ilgio impulsus ir pademonstruotas jo taikymas itin plataus spektro superkontinuumo generacijai plačios draustinės juostos kietojo kūno terpėse. Galiausiai, ištirta vienalaikė trečiosios harmonikos ir superkontinuumo generacija skaidriose dielektrinėse terpėse, bei pasiūlyta netiesinio f-3f interferometro schema impulso gaubtinės fazes fliuktuacijoms matuoti.

The field of noble gas mass spectrometry is a rapidly developing one. There is a sustained requirement for continuous development of instrumentation in order to allow researchers to answer critical questions facing their respective fields. Within planetary science, the question of whether our solar system is 'typical', has been a driving force behind many lines of research. This project sought to build upon the strong instrumental base of the Isotope Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry group of the University of Manchester, in order to develop the Resonance Ionisation Mass Spectrometer for Krypton Isotopes. From that basis, it then sought to develop techniques and protocols for the analysis of extra-terrestrial samples, particularly those of very low mass. The thesis is broken down into three studies. The first involved the development of the mechanisms used to fill the Xe-Ar four-wave mixing cell. This section covers the development, implementation, and characterisation of the newly installed mass flow controllers. The additional control over the mixing ratio granted allowed an eightfold increase to the sensitivity of the instrument. The reproducibility of the gas ratio is consistently shown throughout, and has ultimately reduced the tuning time of the instrument from a number of weeks to a day. The second section details the required procedures involved in data reduction, and the development of protocols and software for the RIMSKI instrument. A range of approaches are assessed, including a novel approach to cosmic ray exposure age calculations. The methods are discussed and implemented on extra-terrestrial samples, the Stannern eucrite and the Bereba eucrite. Finally, the analytical limits of the RIMSKI instrument are expanded via the measurement of the krypton systems of individual calcium-aluminium-rich inclusions. It is observed that Allende CAIs show a trapped component, Br-derived Kr, as well as an anomalous 'heavy Kr' component (one that is enriched in 86Kr). It is additionally noted that there is a lack of cosmogenic krypton to be found in all but one of the measured inclusions. The implications of these findings are discussed.

Estudamos o efeito de Conjugação de Fase por Mistura Degenenerada de Quatro Ondas em Al2O3:Cr+3 (Rubi) e GdAlO3:Cr+3 com um laser de Ar (&#955;=5145 &#197;). Obtivemos eficiência aproximadamente quatro vezes maior no GdAlO3:Cr+3 (onde este trabalho é original) que no Rubi o que nos motivou a investigar as propriedades físicas que são relevantes para o fenômeno nestes sistemas (isto não foi bem compreendido no trabalho anterior em Rubi). Desenvolvemos um método interferométrico muito sensível para medida dos coeficientes não lineares do índice de refração n2 destes materiais (que não eram conhecidos) Com estes valores de n2 calculamos a eficiência de Conjugação de Fase em bom acordo com experiência. / We have studied the effect of Phase Conjugation by Degenerate Four Wave Mixing in Al2O3:Cr+3 (Rubi) and GdAlO3:Cr+3 with an Ar (&#955;=5145 &#197;). We obtained efficiency ?approximately? 4 times greater in GdAlO3:Cr+3 (where this work is original) than in Rubi and this have motivated us to investigate the physical properties that are important to explain this phenomenon in these materials (what wasn\'t well understood in the previous paper on Rubi(10)). We developed an interferometric method very sensitive to measure the nonlinear coeficient of refractive index n2 of these materials (what wasn\'t known). With these values of n2 we calculated the efficiency of the Phase Conjugation in good agreement with the experience.

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Orientador: Newton Cesário Frateschi / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-17T01:57:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Barea_LuisAlbertoMijam_M.pdf: 3934128 bytes, checksum: 9cd5c7861ac2af0dc42057f7f99ef89b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010 / Resumo: As micro-cavidades ópticas são componentes essenciais em sistemas ópticos integrados, pois elas permitem capturar seletivamente, liberar e armazenar fótons, além de promoverem suas interações. Como exemplo, os micro-discos e micro-anéis são elementos que proporcionam tempos de vidas fotônicos extremamente longos, que podem ser utilizados tanto para filtros espectrais quanto para interações de fótons com alta eficiência não linear. Seu pequeno volume e seu alto tempo de vida fotônico são importantes para promoção eficiente de efeitos ópticos não lineares e, especialmente, o processo de mistura de quatro ondas com uma única freqüência de bombeio. No entanto, acoplar luz em um ressonador ainda é realizado com integrações híbridas utilizando fibras estranguladas. Nesta dissertação, nós apresentamos uma nova técnica para a fabricação de estruturas com ressonadores integrados monoliticamente a guias de ondas planares estrangulados, baseados em camadas de Si3N4/SiO2 depositadas sobre silício. Para isto, foi utilizada uma técnica que combina a nano fabricação, baseada em corrosões com um feixe de íons focalizados (FIB), com a técnica convencional de micro fabricação. Utilizando esta combinação, foi possível fabricar ressonadores acoplados a guias de ondas estrangulados e caracterizá-los. Para finalizar, nós observamos a geração de fótons em uma ressonância de um micro-anel devido ao efeito não linear de mistura de quatro ondas gerada pelo bombeio em uma ressonância subseqüente do anel / Abstract: Optical microcavities are essential components in optical integrated systems for they provide selective capture, release, and storage of photons as well as interaction with matter and other photons. As an example, micro-disks and micro-rings are elements that provide extremely long photon lifetime that can be used for spectral filtering as well for highly efficient non-linear photon interaction. For instance, its small volume and the high photonic lifetime are very important for the efficient promotion of nonlinear effects and, specially, the four wave-mixing (FWM) process with a single pumping frequency. However, coupling light to and from the resonator is still achieved with hybrid integration using tapered silica fibers. But, in this dissertation, we present a new technique for the fabrication of structures with monolithically integrated resonators and planar tapered waveguides, all based in Si3N4/SiO2 layers deposited on silicon. We use an approach that combines nano fabrication techniques based on focused ion beam (FIB) milling and conventional micro fabrication techniques. Using this approach, we could fabricate resonators coupled to tapered waveguides and characterize them. Finally, we observed the photon generation at a micro-ring resonance due to four-wave mixing generated by pumping at a subsequent micro-ring resonance / Mestrado / Física da Matéria Condensada / Mestre em Física

Orientadores: Hugo Enrique Hernandez Figueroa, Jorge Diego Marconi / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-20T04:06:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 RumaldoBustamante_YesicaRaquel_M.pdf: 23599528 bytes, checksum: 6361d5bb8b67de6d0a1d0e691d1040e0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 / Resumo: Nos últimos anos, dispositivos paramétricos baseados em fibras ópticas têm sido foco de interesse em diversas aplicações, sendo uma delas o trocador de comprimento de onda. No presente trabalho estudamos esse dispositivo, que, como todo dispositivo paramétrico, está baseado no efeito não-linear de mistura de quatro ondas. O trocador de comprimento de onda foi estudado através de simulações e experimentos. As simulações foram feitas utilizando o software comercial VPI Photonics. Esse software resolve a equação não-linear de Schrödinger utilizando o método Split Step Fourier para simular a propagação da luz ao longo da fibra óptica. Devido à importância das características da fibra no funcionamento do trocador de comprimento de onda, primeiramente utilizamos uma técnica baseada no fenômeno de instabilidade modulacional (amplificação de ruído) para obter parâmetros intrínsecos da fibra, tais como o coeficiente não-linear e o comprimento de onda de dispersão nula. Devido ao fato do trocador de comprimento de onda funcionar com bombeios de alta potência, o limiar de espalhamento Brillouin estimulado foi incrementado alargando a linha do laser de bombeio por modulação de fase. Essa modulação de fase foi otimizada para o dispositivo paramétrico estudado, conseguindo um aumento do limiar de 10 dB. Finalmente, foi construído um trocador de comprimento de onda com um segmento de 1 km de comprimento da fibra altamente não-linear previamente caracterizada...Observação: O resumo, na íntegra, poderá ser visualizado no texto completo da tese digital / Abstract: In recent years, parametric devices based on optical bers have been the focus of interest in many applications, being one of these applications the wavelength exchanger. In this work we study the wavelength exchanger in optical fibers which, as all parametric devices is based on the non-linear effect of four-wave mixing. The wavelength exchanger was studied through simulations and experiments. The simulations were performed by using a commercial software called VPI Photonics. This software solves the nonlinear Schrödinger equation by using the Split Step Fourier method to simulate the light propagation along the optical fiber. Since the fiber characteristics are very important for the performance of the exchanger, firstly a technique based on modulation instability was used to measure intrinsic parameters of the fibers, such as the nonlinear coefficient and the zero dispersion wavelength. Due to the fact that the exchanger works with high power pumps, the stimulated Brillouin scattering threshold was increased by broadening the pump laser linewidth by phase modulation. Such a phase modulation was optimized for the studied parametric device, obtaining a threshold increase of 10dB. Finally, a wavelength exchanger was mounted with a 1km segment of the previously characterized fiber ...Note: The complete abstract is available with the full electronic document / Mestrado / Telecomunicações e Telemática / Mestre em Engenharia Elétrica

Cette thèse explore certaines possibilités qu'offre l’optique intégrée en silicium pour des applications en ingénierie quantique. <p>Un premier chapitre établi la théorie de la propagation non linéaire scalaire du champ électrique dans des guides d’onde en silicium.<p>La génération de paires dans de tels guides est également présentée.<p>Le second chapitre reprend un travail expérimental de caractérisation des propriétés non linéaires des guides utilisés. Le résultat original principal de ce travail est un montage de caractérisation non linéaire par la méthode D-scan en régime picoseconde. <p>Le cœur du travail est présenté dans le troisième chapitre, il s'agit de la mise en évidence, la caractérisation et de l'étude approfondie de la génération de paires de photons au sein de guides d’ondes.<p>Le dernier chapitre est consacré à l'intégration proprement dite de la source de paires de photons au sein d’un circuit quantique afin de réaliser la majeure partie d’un expérience clé d’optique quantique sur une puce en silicium. Nous présentons deux sources de paires de photons prêtes pour l'intégration avec un circuit optique (paires en cavité et filtration spectrale).<p>Nous présentons ensuite la préparation d'expériences intégrées préliminaires. En particulier, nous montrons l'enchevêtrement en chemin produit dans une structure intégrée. Nous réalisons également l'expérience de Hong-Ou-Mandel.<p> / Doctorat en Sciences / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

Nous avons développé une méthodologie basée sur phénomène de mélange à quatre ondre polarimétrique « Four wave Mixing FWM » et son équivalen résonant la diffusion Raman cohérente anti-Stokes (CARS, Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering) polarimétrique et réalisé des mesures sur des systèmes cristallins, simili biologiques : les membranes cellulaires connues sous le nom de « Multilamellar Vesicles MLV » et des échantillons de biologiques : la myeline, et ce, en variant les polarisations des lasers excitateurs, Pompe et Stokes. Le signal anti-Stokes émis est ensuite analysé afin d’en extraire les ordres 2 et 4 de la fonction de distribution angulaire des molécules actives constituant l’échantillon. Pour cela, plusieurs approches sont explorées telles que des algorithmes d’optimisation ou par décomposition en série de fourrier du signal polarimétrique. Ces multiples approches en traitement du signal permettent d’obtenir de manière rapide les coefficients des fonctions de distribution angulaire recherchées, et ainsi d’avoir des informations sur la symétrie des échantillons imagés, allant jusqu’à l’observation d’une symétrie d’ordre 4. La capacité de la microscopie non linéaire résolue en polarisation à sonder des ordres moléculaires est clairement démontrée et ainsi son intérêt dans l’étude de la relation entre la structure et la fonction de systèmes biologiques. / The capacity to quantify molecular orientational order in tissues is of a great interest since pathologies (skin lesion, neurodegenerative diseases, etc) can induce strong modifications in proteins’ organization. While numerous studies have been undertaken using polarization resolved second order nonlinear optical microscopy which is only specific to non-centrosymmetric organizations, higher order effects have been less explored. Four-wave mixing (FWM) microscopy and its resonant counterpart coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) can be of a great utility as label free diagnosis tools benefiting from less constraining symmetry rules. In this work, we implement incident polarizations tuning in FWM and CARS microscopy to probe molecular order, using a generic method to read-out symmetry information.Fourier analysis of the polarization-resolved FWM/CARS signal processed with an analytical model provides a fast and direct determination of the symmetry orders of the distribution function of the probed molecules. This method does not require a priori knowledge of the organization structure and provides quantitatively its second and fourth order symmetries. We applied this technique on different systems, from crystalline to less organized (multilamellar vesicles and proteins aggregates). We show that this new approach brings additional and more refined information on supra-molecular structures in complex media.

Les sources de paires de photons sont un composant essentiel des technologies émergentes en information quantique. De nombreux travaux ont permis des avancées importantes utilisant des processus non linéaires d'ordre 2 dans les cristaux et les guides d'ondes, et d'ordre 3 dans les fibres. Les limitations viennent dans le premier cas, des pertes et en particulier des pertes de couplage avec les fibres optiques et dans le second cas, du bruit dû à l'effet Raman dont le spectre est très large dans les fibres de silice. Ce projet propose une nouvelle architecture basée sur des fibres à cristal photonique à coeur creux (FCPCC) que l'on peut remplir de liquide ou de gaz non linéaire. Cette configuration permet la génération paramétrique de paires de photons corrélés par mélange à quatre ondes sans l'inconvénient de la diffusion Raman. Cette technologie offre une large gamme de paramètres à explorer en s'appuyant sur les propriétés physiques et linéaires contrôlables des FCPCC et la possibilité de remplissage de ces fibres avec des fluides aux propriétés non-linéaires variées. En effet, par une conception judicieuse de la FCPCC et un choix approprié du liquide ou du gaz, il est possible de (i) contrôler la dispersion et la transmission pour générer des photons corrélés sur une large gamme spectrale avec la condition d'accord de phase la plus favorable, (ii) d'ajuster la taille de coeur de la fibre et/ou sa forme pour augmenter sa non-linéarité ou son efficacité de couplage avec d'autres fibres et (iii) de s'affranchir totalement de l'effet Raman si on utilise par exemple un gaz monoatomique, ou d'obtenir des raies Raman fines, aisément discriminables des raies paramétriques dans le cas d'un liquide. / Photon pair sources are an essential component of the emerging quantum information technology. Despite ingenious proposals being explored in the recent years based on either second order nonlinear processes in crystals and waveguides or on third order processes in fibers, limitations remain, due to losses and specifically coupling losses in the former case and due to Raman generation in silica, giving rise to a broad spectrum noise in the latter. These limitations have been challenging to lift because of the limited alternative nonlinear materials that fulfil the conditions for the generation of bright and high fidelity photon pairs in integrable photonic structures. In the present project, we develop a new and versatile type of photonic architecture for quantum information applications that offers access to a variety of nonlinear optical materials that are micro-structured in optical fiber forms to generate photon pairs, without the drawback of Raman scattering and with a large design parameter-space. Indeed, with a careful design of the HCPCF along with the appropriate choice of fluid, one can (i) control the dispersion and the transmission to generate photons with the most favourable phase-matching condition over a large spectral range, (ii) adjust the fibre core size and/or shape to enhance nonlinearity or the coupling efficiency with other fibres, (iii) totally suppress the Raman effect in monoatomic gases for instance or have only narrow and separated Raman lines that can thus be easily separated from the useful parametric lines in liquids.