Single-pulse interference caused by temporal reflection at moving refractive-index boundaries

Plansinis, Brent W.; Donaldson, William R.; Agrawal, Govind P.

doi:10.1364/JOSAB.34.002274

Title: Single-pulse interference caused by temporal reflection at moving refractive-index boundaries

Journal Article · Fri Sep 29 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Journal of the Optical Society of America. Part B, Optical Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.34.002274· OSTI ID:1399088

Plansinis, Brent W. ^[1]; Donaldson, William R. ^[1]; Agrawal, Govind P. ^[1]

Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY (United States)

Here, we show numerically and analytically that temporal reflections from a moving refractive-index boundary act as an analog of Lloyd’s mirror, allowing a single pulse to produce interference fringes in time as it propagates inside a dispersive medium. This interference can be viewed as the pulse interfering with a virtual pulse that is identical to the first, except for a π-phase shift. Furthermore, if a second moving refractive-index boundary is added to create the analog of an optical waveguide, a single pulse can be self-imaged or made to produce two or more pulses by adjusting the propagation length in a process similar to the Talbot effect.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States). Lab. for Laser Energetics

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Contributing Organization:: Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0001944

OSTI ID:: 1399088

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1395404

Report Number(s):: 2016-239, 1353; JOBPDE; 2016-239, 2308, 1353

Journal Information:: Journal of the Optical Society of America. Part B, Optical Physics, Vol. 34, Issue 10; ISSN 0740-3224

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