Conveners
W4-2 Nonlinear Optics (DAMOPC) | Optique non linéaire (DPAMPC)
- Chris McDonald
Rapid development of nanofabrication has stimulated the growth of the field of nonlinear photonics. Nonlinear photonic devices are finding their applications in more and more areas, including (but not limited to) classical and quantum communications. The material platforms used for nonlinear photonics on-a-chip range from transparent dielectrics with a relatively weak nonlinearity to...
Light is our best medium for sending information over long distances—it moves at nature’s speed limit, and doesn’t degrade for hundreds of kilometers. As quantum technologies become more prevalent, we will strive to transmit quantum information, and for this, we will require high quality sources of quantum light.
Sources of quantum light based on nonlinear optical processes, which mediate...
We theoretically investigate and experimentally demonstrate polarization modulation of a beam of light interacting with a nanometer-thin layer of vanadium dioxide (VO2), a phase change material. As the material undergoes a phase transition from insulator to metal, large variations in refractive indices impart unequal phase shifts on s- and p-components of the electric field of light, thereby...
