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

Abstract

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.

Authors:

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

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

Publication Date:: Fri Sep 29 00:00:00 EDT 2017

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

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Contributing Org.:: Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester

OSTI Identifier:: 1399088

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1395404

Report Number(s):: 2016-239, 1353
Journal ID: ISSN 0740-3224; JOBPDE; 2016-239, 2308, 1353

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0001944

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Journal of the Optical Society of America. Part B, Optical Physics

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 34; Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 0740-3224

Publisher:: Optical Society of America (OSA)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; pulses; pulse propagation and temporal solitons; ultrafast optics

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                    Plansinis, Brent W., Donaldson, William R., and Agrawal, Govind P. Single-pulse interference caused by temporal reflection at moving refractive-index boundaries.  United States: N. p., 2017. 
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                    Plansinis, Brent W., Donaldson, William R., & Agrawal, Govind P. Single-pulse interference caused by temporal reflection at moving refractive-index boundaries.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.34.002274

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                    Plansinis, Brent W., Donaldson, William R., and Agrawal, Govind P. Fri .  
"Single-pulse interference caused by temporal reflection at moving refractive-index boundaries".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.34.002274.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1399088.

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  title        = {Single-pulse interference caused by temporal reflection at moving refractive-index boundaries},

  author       = {Plansinis, Brent W. and Donaldson, William R. and Agrawal, Govind P.},

  abstractNote = {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.},

  doi          = {10.1364/JOSAB.34.002274},

  journal      = {Journal of the Optical Society of America. Part B, Optical Physics},

  number       = 10,

  volume       = 34,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Fri Sep 29 00:00:00 EDT 2017},

  month        = {Fri Sep 29 00:00:00 EDT 2017}

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