Title :
Optically generated electric fields by lithium niobate nanowires
Author :
Choi, Jae-Woo ; Grange, Rachel ; Hsieh, Chia-Lung ; Pu, Ye ; Magrez, Arnaud ; Smajda, Rita ; Forro, Laszlo ; Psaltis, Demetri
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng., Ecole Polytech. Fed. de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
Abstract :
We demonstrate that lithium niobate nanowires generate electric fields under 514 nm continuous wave laser illumination. Birefringent media are used to visualize the generated fields in a microfluidic channel. Input laser polarization dependence is shown.
Keywords :
Laser transitions; Liquid crystals; Lithium niobate; Nanowires; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical modulation; Optical polarization; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
