We report the measurement of the Kerr nonlinear refractive index of the rubidium vapor via
the high sensitivity z-scan method by using an optical frequency comb. The novel self …

We demonstrate a scheme to measure the saturable nonlinearity of atomic vapor by
mapping its nonlinear response function onto a light beam profile. Our analysis shows that a …

The authors report optical nonlinearity enhancement in oblate semi-spheroid-shaped
quantum dots (QDs) coupled to a wetting layer. To reach this result, two groups of InAs/GaAs …

We investigate the transformation of Rayleigh speckle patterns by an atomic cesium vapor.
After propagation through the atomic vapor, the incident exponentially decaying intensity …

Hot atomic vapors are widely used in non-linear and quantum optics due to their large Kerr
non-linearity. While the linear refractive index and the transmission are precisely measured …

We report an external-cavity mode-locked semiconductor laser that uses a Faraday atomic
filter as a saturable absorber (SA), termed as the quantum mode-locked Faraday laser. The …

The Kerr effect in atomic vapor may be regarded as the power saturation of the susceptibility.
Hence the saturable Kerr effect is intimately tied to the standard Kerr effect. Here, we …

We study the propagation of speckle patterns in a tunable nonlinear medium. Starting from a
spatial pattern of photons with a normal distribution (speckle field), we characterize the …

Abstract Based on Fresnel–Kirchhoff diffraction theory, the effect of high order nonlinearities
and saturable Kerr media in Z-scan experiments are theoretically investigated. Analytical …

Characterizing the nonlinear optical properties of numerous materials plays a prerequisite
role in nonlinear imaging and quantum sensing. Here, we present the evaluation of the …