Wavelength swept amplified spontaneous emission source
... imaging and microscopy applications, the tight instantaneous bandwidth requirement in OCT of ~0.1 nm causes a huge power loss due to the high finesse filtering [14]. Therefore an additional post-amplification can be used to provide sufficient levels of output power. The process of post-amplification ...
... imaging and microscopy applications, the tight instantaneous bandwidth requirement in OCT of ~0.1 nm causes a huge power loss due to the high finesse filtering [14]. Therefore an additional post-amplification can be used to provide sufficient levels of output power. The process of post-amplification ...
Zemax, LLC Getting Started With OpticStudio 16
... software, the Zemax License Manager (ZLM). A dialog box may also ask for your permission to modify the firewall settings of your computer to allow remote users of your computer to run OpticStudio using Remote Desktop. If you want to authorize this, click "Yes", otherwise click "No". To change this s ...
... software, the Zemax License Manager (ZLM). A dialog box may also ask for your permission to modify the firewall settings of your computer to allow remote users of your computer to run OpticStudio using Remote Desktop. If you want to authorize this, click "Yes", otherwise click "No". To change this s ...
Finite-energy, accelerating Bessel pulses
... temporal dimension of pulses has also been predicted [3, 4] These pulses are called “Airy” pulses due to the Airy function that describes their shape. Bessel beams are a particularly interesting class of light beams first investigated in detail by Durnin et al. [5] and currently at the attention of ...
... temporal dimension of pulses has also been predicted [3, 4] These pulses are called “Airy” pulses due to the Airy function that describes their shape. Bessel beams are a particularly interesting class of light beams first investigated in detail by Durnin et al. [5] and currently at the attention of ...
Heterogenously integrated InP on Si microdisk lasers
... heterogeneously integrated on SOI and coupled to a Si bus waveguide. After a general introduction on the fabrication and the operation principles, we will describe various improvements in the fabrication technology. This includes improvements in the yield of the bonding of the InP die on the SOI die ...
... heterogeneously integrated on SOI and coupled to a Si bus waveguide. After a general introduction on the fabrication and the operation principles, we will describe various improvements in the fabrication technology. This includes improvements in the yield of the bonding of the InP die on the SOI die ...
TIE-41 Large Optical Glass Blanks
... tolerances cannot just be used or extrapolated to very large pieces of these glass types. The temperature dependence of glass properties may be neglected for many applications of small elements with moderate quality requirements. However going to large elements with utmost optical quality requiremen ...
... tolerances cannot just be used or extrapolated to very large pieces of these glass types. The temperature dependence of glass properties may be neglected for many applications of small elements with moderate quality requirements. However going to large elements with utmost optical quality requiremen ...
MICROWAVE OPTICS
... to a projection meter (such as PASCO Model ES-9065 Projection Meter or SE-9617 DC Voltmeter). This output can also be used for close examination of the signal using an oscilloscope. The receiver is battery powered and has an LED battery indicator; if the LED lights when you turn on the Receiver , th ...
... to a projection meter (such as PASCO Model ES-9065 Projection Meter or SE-9617 DC Voltmeter). This output can also be used for close examination of the signal using an oscilloscope. The receiver is battery powered and has an LED battery indicator; if the LED lights when you turn on the Receiver , th ...
Branch point detection and correction using the branch
... The aim of this project is to use a branch point sensitive reconstructor in real time with a line-of-sight (LOS) free space optical (FSO) communications system and to take account of the distortions introduced by atmospheric turbulence. Typically such an AO communications system would be equipped wi ...
... The aim of this project is to use a branch point sensitive reconstructor in real time with a line-of-sight (LOS) free space optical (FSO) communications system and to take account of the distortions introduced by atmospheric turbulence. Typically such an AO communications system would be equipped wi ...
3 Theoretical framework
... When no diffractive effects are taken into account, light may be assumed to travel along rays, the basis of the geometrical theory. We shall consider the setup and reference systems described in Fig.3.2.1, which are intentionally kept equivalent to the ones in Fig.3.1.1. Let the wavefront being meas ...
... When no diffractive effects are taken into account, light may be assumed to travel along rays, the basis of the geometrical theory. We shall consider the setup and reference systems described in Fig.3.2.1, which are intentionally kept equivalent to the ones in Fig.3.1.1. Let the wavefront being meas ...
Molten-core fabrication of novel optical fibers
... The resultant core glasses contain much higher yttria and alumina concentrations than would otherwise be possible, opening the door to “novel fibers from common materials” (just not common when it comes to optical fibers). For example, the YAG-derived fibers with high yttria and alumina contents hav ...
... The resultant core glasses contain much higher yttria and alumina concentrations than would otherwise be possible, opening the door to “novel fibers from common materials” (just not common when it comes to optical fibers). For example, the YAG-derived fibers with high yttria and alumina contents hav ...
An ultrafast reconfigurable nanophotonic switch using
... disordered designs.1-4 One way of controlling the flow of coherent energy transfer in such a medium with high efficiency is through optimization of the specific arrangement of the scatterers.5,6 Exciting new techniques have emerged based on shaping of the light field itself to match a given scatteri ...
... disordered designs.1-4 One way of controlling the flow of coherent energy transfer in such a medium with high efficiency is through optimization of the specific arrangement of the scatterers.5,6 Exciting new techniques have emerged based on shaping of the light field itself to match a given scatteri ...
Achromatic correction of diffractive dispersion in white light SLM
... a mutual elimination of the material dispersion of the corrector and the diffractive dispersion of the SLM. Even in a cooperation with the corrector, the SLM works as an independent device. Its initial operation is maintained for the central wavelength, and only other spectral components are influen ...
... a mutual elimination of the material dispersion of the corrector and the diffractive dispersion of the SLM. Even in a cooperation with the corrector, the SLM works as an independent device. Its initial operation is maintained for the central wavelength, and only other spectral components are influen ...
Influence of optical forces on nonlinear optical frequency conversion
... waveguides. Then the effective refractive index and phase-matching condition change as well. The phase-matching wavelength shifts with the input light power. Our simulation shows that the third harmonic phase-matching wavelength shifts 90 nm (3.6 nm/mW) along the waveguides, when the power increases ...
... waveguides. Then the effective refractive index and phase-matching condition change as well. The phase-matching wavelength shifts with the input light power. Our simulation shows that the third harmonic phase-matching wavelength shifts 90 nm (3.6 nm/mW) along the waveguides, when the power increases ...
How optics has changed data communications
... capacity. To accommodate the rapidly growing volume of communications traffic, each fiber’s capacity can be augmented by using “Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM)”, Commercial DWDM equipment is being deployed which multiplexes tens of 10 Gbit/s, with future target of 40 Gbit/s channels in ...
... capacity. To accommodate the rapidly growing volume of communications traffic, each fiber’s capacity can be augmented by using “Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM)”, Commercial DWDM equipment is being deployed which multiplexes tens of 10 Gbit/s, with future target of 40 Gbit/s channels in ...
No Slide Title
... • Find the critical angle for light emerging from a diamond into air. The index of refraction for diamond is 2.419. Repeat for cubic zirconium with n = 2.200. – Answers: 24.42° for diamond and 27.04° for cubic zirconium ...
... • Find the critical angle for light emerging from a diamond into air. The index of refraction for diamond is 2.419. Repeat for cubic zirconium with n = 2.200. – Answers: 24.42° for diamond and 27.04° for cubic zirconium ...
Graded Index Fiber
... Meridional ray A enters the fiber core at an angle θa. Incident ray b at an angle greater than θa is refracted into the cladding an ...
... Meridional ray A enters the fiber core at an angle θa. Incident ray b at an angle greater than θa is refracted into the cladding an ...
Lateral shearing interferometry for EUV optical testing
... As demands increase for high quality optics in the Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) and Soft X-ray (SXR) regions for applications in high resolution microscopy and lithography, it is becoming increasingly important to have a reliable means for measuring these optics. In Lateral Shearing Interferometry (LSI ...
... As demands increase for high quality optics in the Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) and Soft X-ray (SXR) regions for applications in high resolution microscopy and lithography, it is becoming increasingly important to have a reliable means for measuring these optics. In Lateral Shearing Interferometry (LSI ...
Split-field finite-difference time-domain method for second-harmonic generation in two-dimensionally periodic structures
... In order to demonstrate the accuracy of the method presented here, two numerical examples are given. First, a 1D periodic GaAs-based homogeneous layer is considered. This example has been simulated previously with the 2D SF-FDTD scheme [29], and it is a well known SHG scenario, in which the phase ma ...
... In order to demonstrate the accuracy of the method presented here, two numerical examples are given. First, a 1D periodic GaAs-based homogeneous layer is considered. This example has been simulated previously with the 2D SF-FDTD scheme [29], and it is a well known SHG scenario, in which the phase ma ...
Physical Optics
... Introduction and structure of the course. The study of light has been an important part of science from its beginning. The ancient Greeks and, prior to the Middle Ages, Islamic scholars provided important insights. With the coming of the Scientific Revolution in the 16th and 17th centuries, optics, ...
... Introduction and structure of the course. The study of light has been an important part of science from its beginning. The ancient Greeks and, prior to the Middle Ages, Islamic scholars provided important insights. With the coming of the Scientific Revolution in the 16th and 17th centuries, optics, ...
THE FRESNEL DIFFRACTION : A STORY OF LIGHT AND DARKNESS
... The starting point of the wave theory is undoubtedly the historical double slits experiment of Young in 1801. The two slits are illuminated by a first slit exposed to sunlight. The first slit was thin enough to provide the necessary spatially coherent light. Young could observe for the first time th ...
... The starting point of the wave theory is undoubtedly the historical double slits experiment of Young in 1801. The two slits are illuminated by a first slit exposed to sunlight. The first slit was thin enough to provide the necessary spatially coherent light. Young could observe for the first time th ...