Nonlinear Optical Phenomena in Rare Earth Doped Crystals
A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 March 2025 | Viewed by 1244
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nonlinear optics; quantum optics; atomic-like device; rare earth doped crystals
Interests: metasurfaces; quantum optics; biomedical devices integrated photonics
Interests: multi-photon correlation; optical field squeezing; quantum control of multi-wave mixing by bright and dark states; spatial soliton of multi-wave mixing; Rydberg multi-wave mixing; solid atomic coherence; parity time symmetry; photonic topological insulator; atomic lattice state control; micro cavity and nano-photonics; semiconductor lasers
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Rare-earth-doped micro-/nano-crystals and other atoms are widely used in quantum information, super-resolution imaging, and biofluorescent labeling due to their stable luminescence, rich wavelength, narrow linewidth, and long life. The interaction between coherent light and their atom-like structure provides a feasible method for generating quantum-like states of photons. Moreover, spontaneous four-wave mixing based on their atom-like composition presents the following advantages: narrow spectral linewidth, long coherence time, large phase mismatch range, multiple spatial modes, high signal brightness, and high signal-to-noise ratio. Therefore, these atoms have valuable applications in the fields of long-distance quasi-quasi-secure communication and quatern-like memory. Nevertheless, nonlinear optical phenomena in rare-earth-doped crystals face many challenges regarding novel applications.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome, with research areas encompassing the following:
- Nonlinear optics;
- Quantum optics;
- Rare-earth-doped crystals;
- Luminous micro-/nano-materials;
- Rare-earth-doped single-particle crystals;
- Photonics;
- Information optics;
- Nonlinear quantum optics;
- The interaction between lasers and matter;
- Pulsed lasers.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Huanrong Fan
Dr. Faizan Raza
Prof. Dr. Yanpeng Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nonlinear optics
- quantum optics
- rare-earth-doped crystals
- luminous micro-/nano-materials
- rare-earth-doped single-particle crystals
- photonics
- information optics
- nonlinear quantum optics
- the interaction between lasers and matter
- pulsed lasers
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