ULTRAFAST ALL-OPTICAL DEFLECTION BASED ON AN INDUCED AREA MODULATION IN NONLINEAR MATERIALS

被引:35
作者
LI, Y [1 ]
CHEN, DY [1 ]
YANG, L [1 ]
ALFANO, RR [1 ]
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[1] CUNY CITY COLL,PHOTON APPLICAT LAB,NEW YORK,NY 10031
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10.1364/OL.16.000438
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A novel all-optical area-modulation scheme is suggested and experimentally demonstrated. In a mutually perpendicular interaction geometry inside a nonlinear material, the signal beam, which passes through an induced temporal prism formed by an area-modulated optical pump beam, undergoes a spatial phase modulation that leads to a beam deflection. Advantages and potential applications of the new all-optical modulation are addressed.
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页码:438 / 440
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