Fixing the photorefractive soliton

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作者
Klotz, M [1 ]
Meng, HX
Salamo, GJ
Segev, M
Montgomery, SR
机构
[1] Univ Arkansas, Dept Phys, Fayetteville, AR 72701 USA
[2] Princeton Univ, Dept Elect Engn, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
[3] USN Acad, Dept Phys, Annapolis, MD 21402 USA
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10.1364/OL.24.000077
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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We report the formation of permanent two-dimensional 12-mu m waveguides in a bulk strontium barium niobate crystal. The waveguides are made by formation of a photorefractive spatial soliton in which the space-charge field induces ferroelectric domains that are permanently polarized opposite to the crystal c axis. The fixed waveguide propagates light with 80% efficiency. These results make possible the permanent recording of intricate optical circuitry in the volume of a bulk crystal. (C) 1999 Optical Society of America.
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