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Reconfigurable Optically Induced Quasicrystallographic Three‐Dimensional Complex Nonlinear Photonic Lattice Structures
Author(s) -
Xavier Jolly,
Boguslawski Martin,
Rose Patrick,
Joseph Joby,
Denz Cornelia
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200901792
Subject(s) - materials science , photorefractive effect , photonics , template , optoelectronics , photonic crystal , strontium barium niobate , nonlinear system , nonlinear optics , quasicrystal , optics , nanotechnology , dielectric , ferroelectricity , physics , condensed matter physics , quantum mechanics
Complex reconfigurable 3D photonic quasicrystals (PQCs) are fabricated in nonlinear photorefractive strontium barium niobate by an optical phase engineering‐based single‐step optical induction approach (see image). The approach demonstrates the embedded potential to use these structures as a reconfigurable platform for the investigation of advanced nonlinear light‐matter interaction, or as templates fabricated in various photosensitive materials for photonic bandgap structures.