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Methods for preparation and detection of neutron spin-orbit states

October 10, 2018
Author(s)
Michael G. Huber, D. Sarenac, J. Nsofini, I. Hincks, David Cory, Muhammad D. Arif, Charles W. Clark, D. A. Pushin
The generation and control of neutron orbital angular momentum (OAM) states and spin correlated OAM (spin-orbit) states provides a powerful probe of materials with unique penetrating abilities and magnetic sensitivity. We describe techniques to prepare and

Photonic waveguide to free-space Gaussian beam extreme mode converter

October 10, 2018
Author(s)
Sangsik Kim, Daron Westly, Brian J. Roxworthy, Qing Li, Alexander Yulaev, Kartik Srinivasan, Vladimir Aksyuk
Integration of photonic chips with atomic, micromechanical, chemical and biological systems can advance science and open many possibilities in chip-scale devices and technology. Compact photonic structures for direct coupling of light between high-index

Mixing of Polarization States in Zincblende Nonlinear Optical Crystals

October 2, 2018
Author(s)
Paulina S. Kuo, M. M. Fejer
We describe second-order nonlinear optical mixing in non-birefringent, zincblende-structure materials that can be quasi-phasematched. Lack of birefringence and quasi-phasematching together allow efficient nonlinear mixing between diverse polarization

Femtosecond Laser Eyewear Protection: Measurements and Precautions for Amplified High Power Applications

September 24, 2018
Author(s)
Christopher J. Stromberg, Sarah Wirick, Maximilian Riedel-Topper, Brian Alberding, Joshua A. Hadler, Edwin J. Heilweil
Ultrafast lasers have become increasingly important as research tools in laboratories and commercial enterprises suggesting laser safety, personal protection and awareness becomes ever more important. Laser safety eyewear are typically rated by their

Fully self-referenced frequency comb consuming 5 Watts of electrical power

September 12, 2018
Author(s)
Paritosh Manurkar, Edgar F. Perez, Daniel D. Hickstein, David R. Carlson, Jeffrey T. Chiles, Daron A. Westly, Esther Baumann, Scott A. Diddams, Nathan R. Newbury, Kartik A. Srinivasan, Scott B. Papp, Ian R. Coddington
We present a hybrid fiber/waveguide design for a 100-MHz frequency comb that is fully self- referenced and temperature controlled with less than 5 W of electrical power. Self-referencing is achieved by supercontinuum generation in a silicon nitride

Quadrature Histograms in Maximum Likelihood Quantum State Tomography

August 22, 2018
Author(s)
Leonardo E. Silva, Scott Glancy, Hilma H. Macedo De Vasconcelos
Quantum state tomography aims to determine the quantum state of a system from measured data and is an essential tool for quantum information science. When dealing with continuous variable quantum states of light, tomography is often done by measuring the

Photon thermalization via laser cooling of atoms

July 19, 2018
Author(s)
Chiao-Hsuan Wang, Michael Gullans, James V. Porto, William D. Phillips, Jacob Taylor
The cooling of atomic motion by scattered light enables a wide variety of technological and scientific explorations. Here we focus on laser cooling from the perspective of the light — specifi- cally, the scattering of light between different optical modes

IR Computer Generated Holograms: Design and Application for the WFIRST Grism using Wavelength-Tuning Interferometry

July 14, 2018
Author(s)
Margaret Z. Dominguez, Catherine Marx, Qian Gong, John Hagopian, Ulf Griesmann, James Burge, Dae Wook Kim
Interferometers using computer generated holograms (CGHs) have become the industry standard to accurately measure aspheric optics. The CGH is a diffractive optical element that can create a phase or amplitude distribution and can be manufactured with low

Robust Extraction of Hyperbolic Metamaterial Permittivity using Total Internal Reflection Ellipsometry

June 20, 2018
Author(s)
Cheng Zhang, Nina Hong, Chengang Ji, Wenqi Zhu, Xi Chen, Amit K. Agrawal, Zhong Zhang, Tom E. Tiwald, Stefan Schoeche, James N. Hilfiker, L. Jay Guo, Henri J. Lezec
Hyperbolic metamaterials are optical materials characterized by highly anisotropic effective permittivity tensor components having opposite signs along orthogonal directions. The techniques currently employed for characterizing the optical properties of

Improving dielectric nanoresonator array coatings for solar cells

June 19, 2018
Author(s)
Dongheon Ha, Nikolai B. Zhitenev
We introduce single layer silicon dioxide (SiO2) nanosphere arrays as antireflection coatings (ARCs) on a gallium arsenide (GaAs) solar cell. We make macro- and nanoscale experiments and finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) calculations to prove the

Characterisation of New Planar Radiometric Detectors using Carbon Nanotube Absorbers under Development at NIST

June 13, 2018
Author(s)
Malcolm G. White, Nathan A. Tomlin, Christopher S. Yung, Michelle S. Stephens, Ivan Ryger, Solomon I. Woods, John H. Lehman, Igor Vayshenker
Carbon nanotube technology, in conjunction with silicon micro-fabrication techniques, has enabled us to develop planar radiometric detectors, which has led to the establishment of a new generation of primary standards. The goal is to develop compact, fast

Short-wave infrared compressive imaging of single photons

June 6, 2018
Author(s)
Thomas Gerrits, Daniel Lum, Varun B. Verma, John Howell, Richard P. Mirin, Sae Woo Nam
We present a short-wave infrared (SWIR) single photon camera based on a single superconducting nanowire single photon detector (SNSPD) and compressive imaging. We show SWIR single photon imaging at a megapixel resolution with a low signal-to-background
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