Title :
Linear writing of waveguides in bulk photorefractives
Author :
DelRe, E. ; Pierangelo, A. ; Palange, E. ; Ciattoni, A. ; Garcia, Y. ; Agranat, A.J.
Author_Institution :
Univ. dell´´Aquila, L´´Aquila
Abstract :
Self-writing allows the generation of waveguides deep in the volume of crystals: the beam penetrates into the volume guided by the very waveguide it is forming, a form of irreversible spatial soliton. We report the building block of a possible solution by demonstrating a technique to write a waveguide in the volume through only linear beam propagation.
Keywords :
optical solitons; optical waveguides; photorefractive materials; building block; bulk photorefractives; irreversible spatial soliton; linear beam propagation; linear writing; self writing; waveguide generation; waveguide writing; Crystals; Diffraction; Laboratories; Optical waveguides; Photorefractive effect; Photorefractive materials; Physics; Polarization; Solitons; Writing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386051
