Title :
Electro-optic switching through photorefractive needles
Author :
DelRe, Eugenio ; Crosignani, Bruno ; Palange, Elia ; Agranat, Aharon J.
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Fisica, Univ. dell´´Aquila, L´´Aquila, Italy
Abstract :
We demonstrate electro-optic spatial two-dimensional mode switching in a bulk sample of potassium-lithium-tantalate-niobate, mediated by two photorefractive needle solitons of opposite electroholographic charge, mutually embedded in their anisotropic structure.
Keywords :
electro-optical switches; holography; lithium compounds; optical solitons; photorefractive materials; potassium compounds; KLiTaO/sub 3/NbO/sub 3/; anisotropic structure; electro-optic switching; electroholographic charge; photorefractive needle solitons; photorefractive needles; potassium-lithium-tantalate-niobate; spatial two-dimensional mode switching; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Electrooptic devices; Extinction ratio; Geometrical optics; Needles; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical solitons; Photorefractive effect; Physics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-748-2
