• DocumentCode
    499290
  • Title

    Airy beam propagation through unbiased photorefractive media

  • Author

    Lee, Joyce ; Jia, Shu ; Fleischer, Jason W. ; Christodoulides, Demetrios N.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-4 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We observe the propagation of 1D Airy beams through an unbiased photorefractive crystal. For ordinary polarization, the beam diffracts, while for extraordinary polarization it experiences nonlinearity through charge diffusion and has its diffraction suppressed.
  • Keywords
    light propagation; nonlinear optics; photorefractive materials; airy beam propagation; beam diffracts; charge diffusion; nonlinearity; ordinary polarization; photorefractive crystal; unbiased photorefractive media; Laser beams; Lenses; Nonlinear optics; Optical diffraction; Optical imaging; Optical modulation; Optical polarization; Optical propagation; Photorefractive effect; Photorefractive materials; (190.5330) Photorefractive optics; (350.5500) Propagation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5224369