Title :
Observation of self-induced transparency in nano-suspensions with negative polarizability
Author :
Lau, Mike ; Zhang, Ze ; Man, Weining ; Prakash, Jai ; Zhang, Peng ; Christodoulides, Demetrios N. ; Chen, Zhigang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., San Francisco State Univ., San Francisco, CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate for the first time stable self-trapping and self-induced transparency of light propagating in colloidal nano-suspensions with negative polarizabilities. Comparing to “polystyrene-water”-colloidal systems with positive polarizabilities, a fivefold increase in transmission ratio is achieved.
Keywords :
colloids; light propagation; optical self-focusing; self-induced transparency; suspensions; colloidal nanosuspensions; light propagation; negative polarizability; self-induced transparency; stable self-trapping; Educational institutions; Laser beams; Nonlinear optics; Optical beams; Optical polarization; Optimized production technology; Suspensions;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
