TY - GEN
T1 - Functional nonlinear photonic crystals
AU - Padowicz, Ayelet Ganany
AU - Dolev, Ido
AU - Ellenbogen, Tal
AU - Arie, Ady
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Nonlinear photonic crystals are materials in which the second order susceptibility is modulated. These structures are often used in nonlinear optics applications for compensating the phase mismatch between interacting waves. The progress in techniques of modulating the nonlinearity enables to explore new applications, based on all-optical control of the phase, amplitude and polarization of the nonlinearly generated waves. This enables the realization of functional nonlinear optical devices, such as nonlinear lenses, switches, polarization rotators, deflectors and beam shapers. Here we will discuss in detail two applications that are enabled by specially designed nonlinear photonic crystals: All optical polarization switching, and the generation, nonlinear mixing and manipulation of accelerating Airy beams.
AB - Nonlinear photonic crystals are materials in which the second order susceptibility is modulated. These structures are often used in nonlinear optics applications for compensating the phase mismatch between interacting waves. The progress in techniques of modulating the nonlinearity enables to explore new applications, based on all-optical control of the phase, amplitude and polarization of the nonlinearly generated waves. This enables the realization of functional nonlinear optical devices, such as nonlinear lenses, switches, polarization rotators, deflectors and beam shapers. Here we will discuss in detail two applications that are enabled by specially designed nonlinear photonic crystals: All optical polarization switching, and the generation, nonlinear mixing and manipulation of accelerating Airy beams.
KW - Accelerating Airy beams
KW - Nonlinear optics
KW - Photonic crystals
KW - Quasi phase matching
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79951738754&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.887841
DO - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.887841
M3 - منشور من مؤتمر
SN - 9780819482372
T3 - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
BT - 16th International School on Quantum Electronics
T2 - 16th International School on Quantum Electronics: Laser Physics and Applications
Y2 - 20 September 2010 through 24 September 2010
ER -