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We propose and analyze an on-chip all-optical dynamical tuning scheme for coupled nonlinear resonators employing a single control beam injected in parallel with a signal beam. We show that nonlinear Kerr response can be used to dynamically…

Optics · Physics 2018-04-13 Jacob Scheuer , Andrey A. Sukhorukov , Yuri S. Kivshar

Numerical simulations on the evolution of step-screw and edge-screw optical phase dislocations in bulk saturable self-defocusing nonlinear media are presented, with emphasis on their ability to induce steering waveguides for signal beams…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2007-05-23 D. Neshev , A. Dreischuh , G. G. Paulus , H. Walther

The Kerr effect in optical microresonators plays an important role for integrated photonic devices and enables third harmonic generation, four-wave mixing, and the generation of microresonator-based frequency combs. Here we experimentally…

We demonstrate up-conversion single-photon detectors based on integrated periodically poled lithium niobate waveguides, which incorporate two mode filters and a directional coupler. The two mode filters are optimized for the fiber-waveguide…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-02-19 Fei Ma , Long-Yue Liang , Jiu-Peng Chen , Yang Gao , Ming-Yang Zheng , Xiu-Ping Xie , Hong Liu , Qiang Zhang , Jian-Wei Pan

It is known that placing a mechanical oscillator in a superposition of coherent states allows, in theory, a measurement of a linear force whose sensitivity increases with the amplitude of the mechanical oscillations, a uniquely quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-09-13 Kurt Jacobs , Radhakrishnan Balu , John D. Teufel

Passive reflectors mitigate millimeter-wave (mmwave) link blockages by extending coverage to non-line-ofsight (NLoS) regions. However, their deployment often leads to irregular reflected beam patterns and coverage gaps. This results in…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-04 Omar Ibrahim , Raj Sai Sohel Bandari , Mohammed E. Eltayeb

We put forward the concept of reconfigurable structures optically induced by mutually incoherent nondiffracting Bessel beams in Kerr-type nonlinear media. We address collinear couplers and X-junctions, and show how the switching properties…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-11-11 Zhiyong Xu , Yaroslav V. Kartashov , Victor A. Vysloukh , Lluis Torner

The gravitational-wave detector is a complex and sensitive collection of advanced instruments that are impacted not only by mechanical/electronics systems but also by the surrounding environment. Hence, it is of great importance to classify…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-07 Piljong Jung , Sang Hoon Oh , Young-Min Kim , Edwin J. Son , Takaaki Yokozawa , Tatsuki Washimi , John J. Oh

The standard procedure for detection of gravitational wave coalescing binaries signals is based on Wiener filtering with an appropriate bank of template filters. This is the optimal procedure in the hypothesis of addictive Gaussian and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-08-23 G. Cella , E. Cuoco , G. M. Guidi

We describe a method to detect twin-beam multiphoton entanglement based on a beam splitter and weak nonlinearities. For the twin-beam four-photon entanglement, we explore a symmetry detector. It works not only for collecting two-pair…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-08-04 Yingqiu He , Dong Ding , Fengli Yan , Ting Gao

We study the entanglement generated by a weak cross-Kerr nonlinearity between two initial coherent states, one of which has an amplitude close to the single-photon level, while the other one is macroscopic. We show that strong micro-macro…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-03-08 Tian Wang , Hon Wai Lau , Hamidreza Kaviani , Roohollah Ghobadi , Christoph Simon

We propose and experimentally demonstrate the generation of enhanced optical springs using the optical Kerr effect. A nonlinear optical crystal is inserted into a Fabry-Perot cavity with a movable mirror, and a chain of second-order…

We study the phenomenon of controlling the light by light known as the optical bistability for the two-dimensional tilted Dirac system. Using the Boltzmann approach under relaxation time approximation, we find that the optical bistability…

Optics · Physics 2025-04-29 Vivek Pandey , Pankaj Bhalla

We address light propagation in segmented waveguide arrays where the refractive index is longitudinally modulated with an out-of-phase modulation in adjacent waveguides, so that the coupling strength varies along propagation direction. Thus…

Optics · Physics 2015-05-28 Yaroslav V. Kartashov , Victor A. Vysloukh

A detector with a profile-based cathode and a pad-strip cathode readout system is experimentally investigated. Cathode pads arranged along each anode wire are diagonally interconnected and form strips that cross the detector at an angle…

We introduce and study the properties of an array of QED cavities coupled by nonlinear elements, in the presence of photon leakage and driven by a coherent source. The nonlinear couplings lead to photon hopping and to nearest-neighbor Kerr…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-10-16 Jiasen Jin , Davide Rossini , Rosario Fazio , Martin Leib , Michael J. Hartmann

Dynamic Kerr effect measurements provide a simple realization of a nonlinear experiment. We propose a field-off experiment where an electric field of one or several sinusoidal cycles is applied to a sample in thermal equilibrium.…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-11 U. Haeberle , G. Diezemann

The gravitational wave detector of higher sensitivity and greater bandwidth in kilohertz window is required for future gravitational wave astronomy and cosmology. Here we present a new type broadband high frequency laser interferometer…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-15 Meng-Jun Hu , Shuai Zha , Yong-Sheng Zhang

The propagation of a probe field in an N-type four level cold atomic system is investigated under the influence of multiple coherent fields. Coherent control of quantum interference enables switching of the probe field between transparency…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-27 Parkhi Bhardwaj , Poonam Yadav , Bodhaditya Santra , Shubhrangshu Dasgupta

We introduce a "loosely coherent" method for detection of continuous gravitational waves that bridges the gap between semi-coherent and purely coherent methods. Explicit control over accepted families of signals is used to increase…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-18 Vladimir Dergachev