Transformation Of Optical Signals Research Articles

Resonant properties of composite structures consisting of several resonant diffraction gratings.

We theoretically and numerically investigate resonant optical properties of composite structures consisting of several subwavelength resonant diffraction gratings separated by homogeneous layers. Using the scattering matrix formalism, we demonstrate that the composite structure comprising N gratings has a multiple transmittance zero of the order N. We show that at the distance between the gratings satisfying the Fabry-Pérot resonance condition, an (N - 1)-degenerate bound state in the continuum (BIC) is formed. The results of rigorous numerical simulations fully confirm the theoretically predicted formation of multiple zeros and BICs in the composite structures. Near the BICs, an effect very similar to the electromagnetically induced transparency is observed. We show that by making the proper choice of the thicknesses of the layers separating the gratings, nearly rectangular reflectance or transmittance peaks with steep slopes and virtually no sidelobes can be obtained. In particular, one of the presented examples demonstrates the possibility of obtaining an approximately rectangular transmittance peak with a significantly subnanometer width. The presented results may find application in the design of optical filters, sensors and devices for optical differentiation and transformation of optical signals.

Bound states in the continuum and high-Q resonances supported by a dielectric ridge on a slab waveguide

We investigate the diffraction of guided modes of a dielectric slab waveguide on a simple integrated structure consisting of a single dielectric ridge on the surface of the waveguide. Numerical simulations based on aperiodic rigorous coupled-wave analysis demonstrate the existence of sharp resonant features and bound states in the continuum (BICs) in the reflectance and the transmittance spectra occurring at oblique incidence of a TE-polarized guided mode on the ridge. Using the effective index method, we explain the resonances by the excitation of the cross-polarized modes of the ridge. The formation of the BICs is confirmed using a theoretical model based on the coupled-wave theory. The model suggests that the BICs occur due to coupling of quasi-TE and quasi-TM modes of the structure. Simple analytical expressions for the angle of incidence and the ridge width predicting the location of the BICs are obtained. The existence of high-Q resonances and BICs makes the considered integrated structure promising for filtering, sensing, transformation of optical signals, and enhancing nonlinear light-matter interactions.

A structural-analytical model of differentiating transformation of the signals of fiber-optic pressure transducers

Studies on, and a new variant of, a structural-analytical model of differentiating transformation of optical signals in a fiber-optic transducer are presented.

Amplification and transformation of optical signals with a TRAPATT diode

The experimental behaviour of an optically triggered TRAPATT diode amplifier is described. An optical signal, modulated at microwave frequencies, stimulates the TRAPATT process, whereby the light signal is directly transformed into an amplified microwave signal. Power gain, defined as the ratio of generated microwave power to the locking light power, efficiency, and frequency range have been measured and compared with the data obtained from the same diode operating in a conventional TRAPATT amplifier.