Title :
Self-trapping of light in a photorefractive organic glass
Author :
Asaro, Marcus ; Chen, Zhigang ; Ostroverkhova, Oksana ; Moerner, W.E. ; He, Meng ; Twieg, R.J. ; Salamo, Gregory
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., San Francisco State Univ., CA, USA
Abstract :
We report the first observation of optical spatial solitons in an organic photorefractive monolithic glass. Self-trapping of light as well as optically induced focusing-to-defocusing switching was observed, owning to the orientationally enhanced photorefractive nonlinearity.
Keywords :
optical glass; optical self-focusing; optical solitons; optical switches; organic compounds; photorefractive materials; focusing-to-defocusing switching; optical self-trapping; optical spatial solitons; organic photorefractive monolithic glass; photorefractive nonlinearity; Focusing; Glass; Nonlinear optics; Optical films; Optical mixing; Optical polymers; Optical sensors; Optical solitons; Photorefractive effect; Polarization;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-748-2
