Wave-chaotic Microlasers with Resonant Nonlinearity

0400615 Narimanov该项目包括理论和实验研究，将利用非线性动力学和量子混沌的方法以及量子级联激光技术，开发一种新型的中波红外光电器件-具有共振非线性的波混沌微激光器。这种新型器件利用非对称量子威尔斯阱的巨共振非线性效应，特别是对二次谐波的产生，将量子级联技术的优势引入短波红外光谱，为了优化这些新型器件的性能，该项目将研究光学非线性与射线混沌、动态安德森局域化和混沌辅助隧穿的基本相互作用。研究课题还将包括部分混沌谐振腔中非线性光学过程理论的发展，以及波混沌微激光器中模式竞争和激光模式选择的描述。拟议活动产生的更广泛影响将包括：（i）研究生和本科生的教育，在一些最通用和有效的实验测量和器件制造方法中，以及前沿的理论分析和数值模拟，使他们接触到一系列令人兴奋的问题，其中包括非线性系统的动力学和波动力学的基本问题，大量的基础和应用光学和光子学，以及大量的前瞻性设备工程-通过他们参与研究计划以及新课程的开发;（ii）对本地研究及工程基础设施造成重大影响，通过在普林斯顿材料科学与技术研究所开发新的工具和设备制造和表征方法，该研究所可供大学社区和行业成员使用;（iii）积极努力向学术界和工业界传播研究成果，并通过与IEEE激光和电光学会普林斯顿中心新泽西分会的联合方案向更广泛的受众传播研究成果，这将包括一系列讲座的发展在光学的最新进展，一系列研究研讨会，以及网络和其他电子媒体出版物。

0400615NarimanovThe project, which includes both theoretical and experimental research, will leverage themethods from nonlinear dynamics and quantum chaos and quantum cascade laser technology to develop a new type of mid-wave infrared optoelectronic device - a wave-chaotic microlaser with resonant nonlinearity. Taking advantage of a wave-chaotic optical microresonator and using the giant resonant nonlinearity, especially for second harmonic generation, of asymmetric quantum wells integrated into the quantum cascade laser active region, this new device will bring the advantages of quantum cascade technology to the short-wave infrared spectrum.To optimize the performance of these novel devices, the project will study the fundamentalinterplay of the optical nonlinearity with ray chaos, dynamical Anderson localization andchaos-assisted tunneling. The research topics will also include the development of the theory of nonlinear optical processes in partially chaotic resonant cavities, as well as the description of mode competition and lasing mode selection in wave-chaotic microlasers.The broader impact resulting from the proposed activity, will include: (i) the education of students, both at the graduate and undergraduate level, in some of the most versatile and efficient methods of experimental measurements and device fabrication, as well as cutting-edge theoretical analysis and numerical simulations -exposing them to a range of exciting problems which include fundamental issues of the dynamics and wave mechanics of non-linear systems, a great deal of basic and applied optics and photonics, and a substantial amount of forward-looking device engineering - via their involvement in the research program as well as new curriculum development; (ii) a substantial impact on the local research and engineering infrastructure, via the development of new tools and the methods of device fabrication and characterization at the Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials, which is available to both the University community and industry members; (iii) active efforts on the dissemination of the research results to the academic and industrial communities, as well as to a broader audience in a joint program with the Princeton - Central New Jersey Chapter of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, which will include the development of a lecture series on Recent Advances in Optics, a research seminar series, and web and other electronic media publications.