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29 June 2001 Experimental demonstration of (1+1)D self-confinement and breathing of laser beams in BSO crystals
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Proceedings Volume 4430, ROMOPTO 2000: Sixth Conference on Optics; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.432871
Event: ROMOPTO 2000: Sixth Conference on Optics, 2000, Bucharest, Romania
Abstract
We report the experimental observation of (1+1)D self- confinement of laser beams in BSO crystals, photorefractive materials with strong optical activity (45 degree(s)/mm). Numerical simulations of light propagation in such conditions were used to check the experimental results. The possibility of obtaining self-contained beams with these materials is given by the application of really intense static electric fields which induce anomalous behaviour of the optical activity.
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Eugenio Fazio, F. Mariani, Mario Bertolotti, V. Babin, and Valentin I. Vlad "Experimental demonstration of (1+1)D self-confinement and breathing of laser beams in BSO crystals", Proc. SPIE 4430, ROMOPTO 2000: Sixth Conference on Optics, (29 June 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.432871
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KEYWORDS
Crystals

Laser crystals

Optical activity

Beam propagation method

Diffraction

Polarization

Solitons

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