We report the study of light polarization property upon scattering off a dielectric nanorod in which the direction of the incident light is at an angle with respect to the cylinder main axis. The numerical work is done on the basis of the cylindrical Mie theory. It is shown that for incident light with different polarization, the resulted scattering cross-section spectra will also show different characteristics

In this paper, one of the most modern random lasers known as random distributed feedback fiber laser is investigated when the third-order dispersion (TOD) is taken into account. The laser characteristics are simulated based on the nonlinear Schrödinger equations (NLSEs) where the power evolution of three interacting waves: the pump, the forward and the backward Stokes waves, are investigated as they

Strong localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) field, which is generated from gold nanoparticles, may enhance photons absorption of dyes in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), resulting in the improvement of their power conversion efficiency (PCE). In this paper, we report the incorporation of oleylamine capped gold nanoparticles (AuOA NPs) into the N-719 dye layer in DSSCs. The cells were prepared

In this paper, we consider terahertz sources based on Čerenkov difference frequency generation in a dual-wavelength mid-infrared quantum cascade laser and calculate analytically the optical external efficiency of the out-going terahertz wave. The mid-infrared pumps operate simultaneously and have a common upper level. For short cavity lengths and low terahertz losses in the substrate, we find that

The study of nonlinear absorption has potential applications as saturable absorption and optical limiting character in scientific and engineering technology. In this work, we report on the Gaussian vortex beam z-scan to study the saturable absorption in the two-level model. For a given material and laser beam parameters, even though vortex beam shows less saturable absorption nature than the conventional

The model of the composite symmetric waveguide consisting of self-focusing slab between defocusing nonlinear media separated by interfaces characterized by own nonlinearity response is proposed. Two new types of nonlinear surface waves propagating along it with anti-phase amplitude oscillations at interface planes are found. The frequencies of the nonlinear surface waves existing near the interfaces

Magneto-optic Kerr effect (MOKE) enhancement is studied for Yttrium Iron Garnet (YIG) nanoparticle. The MOKE is quantified by the ratio of the polarization components of reflected wave, namely between the perpendicular component to the parallel component with respect to the polarization of the incident wave. Thus, the enhancement of MOKE can be obtained by increasing the perpendicular component or

The classical problem of three-wave mixing in a nonlinear optical medium is investigated using the homotopy analysis method (HAM). We show that the power series basis builds a generic polynomial expression that can be used to study three-wave mixing for arbitrary input parameters. The phase-mismatched and perfectly phase matched cases are investigated. Parameters that result in generalized sum- and

A silicon-based all-optical wavelength conversion (AOWC) chip is proposed and designed for two-dimensional hybrid multiplexing signals, including mode-division multiplexing (MDM) and wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM). The AOWC chip is structured by mode (de) multiplexers and highly nonlinear silicon waveguide. Tapered directional coupler-based mode (de) multiplexers are used to convert between

Generally, high-order harmonic generation (HHG) from atoms and molecules can be explained by the “ionization-acceleration-recombination” model and the classical results are agreement with the quantum results. In this paper, we report a multiple-acceleration process in the “W” waveform structure. It is found that due to the nonzero initial velocity in the multiple-acceleration process, the emitted photon

In this work, we demonstrate and evaluate the viability of SrAl2O4:Eu2+, Dy3+ crystals for long-term light storage applications at low temperatures that can be activated at higher temperatures for on-demand lighting applications. The switching mechanism is discussed from the point of view of the possible interplay between charge transport and the persistent luminescence in this system. Step-wise t