Optically induced focusing-to-defocusing switching and self-trapping of light in a photorefractive organic glass

Zhigang Chen; Zhigang Chen; Marcus Asaro; Oksana Ostroverkhova; W. E. Moerner; Meng He; R. J. Twieg

doi:10.1364/PEMD.2003.425

Photorefractive Effects, Materials, and Devices
OSA Trends in Optics and Photonics (Optica Publishing Group, 2003),
paper 425
•https://doi.org/10.1364/PEMD.2003.425

Optically induced focusing-to-defocusing switching and self-trapping of light in a photorefractive organic glass

Zhigang Chen, Marcus Asaro, Oksana Ostroverkhova, W. E. Moerner, Meng He, and R. J. Twieg

Photorefractive Effects, Materials, and Devices 2003

La Colle sur Loup France
ISBN: 1-55752-755-5

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Z. Chen, M. Asaro, O. Ostroverkhova, W. E. Moerner, M. He, and R. J. Twieg, "Optically induced focusing-to-defocusing switching and self-trapping of light in a photorefractive organic glass," in Photorefractive Effects, Materials, and Devices, P. Delaye, C. Denz, L. Mager, and G. Montemezzani, eds., Vol. 87 of OSA Trends in Optics and Photonics (Optica Publishing Group, 2003), paper 425.

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Abstract

We report the first observation of self-trapping of an optical beam in an organic photorefractive monolithic glass. The orientationally enhanced photorefractive nonlinearity that gives rise to spatial solitons can be switched from self-focusing to self-defocusing simply by changing the polarization of the optical beam. Our experiment brings about the possibility of using organic materials for soliton-based applications.

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