DocumentCode
1770135
Title
Coherent control of birefringence and optical activity
Author
Mousavi, Seyedmohammad A. ; Plum, Eric ; Jinhui Shi ; Zheludev, Nikolay I.
Author_Institution
Optoelectron. Res. Centre & Centre for Photonic Metamaterials, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
fYear
2014
fDate
8-13 June 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Control of polarization of light with light is demonstrated in thin slabs of linear material promising ultrafast all-optical data processing at arbitrarily low intensities. In proof-of-principle experiments we access any polarization azimuth and any ellipticity.
Keywords
birefringence; high-speed optical techniques; light polarisation; birefringence; coherent control; ellipticity; light polarization; linear material; optical activity; polarization azimuth; thin slabs; ultrafast all-optical data processing; Geometrical optics; Magnetic materials; Metamaterials; Optical imaging; Optical polarization; Polarization;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6988759
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