Time-reversal symmetry is important to optics. Optical processes can run in a forward or backward direction through time when such symmetry is preserved. In linear optics, a time-reversed process of laser emission can enable total absorption of coherent light fields inside an optical cavity of loss by time-reversing the original gain medium. Nonlinearity, however, can often destroy such symmetr...

We experimentally demonstrate, for the first time, polarization-insensitive wavelength conversion of a 10 Gb/s NRZ-OOK data signal based on four-wave mixing in a silicon nanowire with bit-error rate measurements. OCIS codes: (190.4380) Nonlinear optics, four-wave mixing; (190.4390) Nonlinear optics, integrated optics; (230.7370) Waveguide; (130.7405) Wavelength conversion devices.

In this paper, we present an algorithm that solves a time-domain nonlinear coupled system arising in nonlinear optics. The algorithm is an explicit nonlinear finite-difference method (NFDM) based on the exact solution of the nonlinear discrete equations. It enables simulations that preserve the characteristics of nonlinearity as well as coupling, and can be extended to arbitrary input waveform ...

A sol-gel technique under ultrasonic irradiation was applied to synthesize ZrO2/TiO2/ZnOnanocomposites. X-ray diffraction analysis confirmed the successful synthesis of nanocomposites. The strain and crystalline size values of ZrO2/TiO2/ZnO nanocomposites are estimated to be 9.98×10-4 and 17.66 nm, respectively. The linear absorption coefficient of ZrO2/TiO2/ZnO nanocomposites was measure...

Nonlinear optics (NLO) is the branch of optics that describes the behavior oflight in nonlinear media, that is, media in which the dielectric polarization Presponds nonlinearly to the electric field E of the light. This nonlinearity is typically only observed at very high light intensities (values of the electric field comparable to interatomic electric fields, typically 108 V/m) such as those ...

We present our recent work on the realization of III-V-on-silicon mode-locked lasers and integrated nonlinear waveguides for the realization of integrated frequency combs. OCIS codes: (320.6629) Supercontinuum generation; (190.4390) Nonlinear optics, integrated optics

PT-Symmetry is one of the interesting topics in quantum mechanics and optics. One of the demonstration of PT-Symmetric effects in optics is appeared in the nonlinear directional coupler (NLDC). In the paper we numerically investigate the stability of temporal bright solitons propagate in a PT-Symmetric NLDC by considering gain in bar and loss in cross. By using the analytical solutions of pertu...