Nonlinear Optics
Goals
We have studied the interaction of optical signals with nonlinear media and how those interactions can be engineered to improve the performance of various optical devices.
Papers
-
G. Slavcheva, J.M. Arnold, and R.W. Ziolkowski, “FDTD simulation of the nonlinear gain dynamics in active optical waveguides and semiconductor microcavities,” IEEE J. of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, vol. 10, pp. 1052-1062, Sept/Oct. 2004.
-
G. Slavcheva, J.M. Arnold, I. Wallace, and R.W. Ziolkowski, “Coupled Maxwell-pseudospin equations for investigation of self-induced transparency effects in a degenerate three-level quantum system in two-dimensions: Finite-difference time-domain study,” Phys. Rev. A, vol. 66, 063418-1:063418-21, December 2002.
-
R. R. Boye, R. W. Ziolkowski, and R. K. Kostuk, “Resonant waveguide grating switching device with nonlinear optical material,” Applied Optics, Vol. 38, No. 24, pp. 5181-5185, August 1999.
-
R. W. Ziolkowski, “Realization of an all-optical triode and diode with a two-level atom loaded diffraction gratingpapers/Mult_Level_Atoms/Ziolkowski_Opt_Triode_Appl_Opt_Nov_1997.pdf,” Appl. Opt., Vol. 36, No. 33, pp. 8547-8556, November 1997.
-
R. W. Ziolkowski and J. B. Judkins, “NL-FDTD Modeling of Linear and Nonlinear Corrugated Waveguides,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, Vol. 11(9), pp. 1565-1575, 1994.
-
R. W. Ziolkowski and J. B. Judkins, “Applications of Discrete Methods to Pulse Propagation in Nonlinear Media: Self-Focusing and Linear-Nonlinear Interfaces,” Radio Sci., Vol. 28(5), pp. 901-911, 1993.
-
R. W. Ziolkowski and J. B. Judkins, “Full-wave vector Maxwell equation modeling of the self-focusing of ultrashort optical pulses in a nonlinear Kerr medium exhibiting a finite response time,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, Vol. 10(2), pp. 186-198, 1993.