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Nonlinear Beam Shaping in Domain Engineered Ferroelectric Crystals
Author(s) -
Hu Xiaopeng,
Zhang Yong,
Zhu Shining
Publication year - 2020
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.201903775
Subject(s) - nonlinear system , optics , airy beam , caustic (mathematics) , materials science , nonlinear optics , domain (mathematical analysis) , ferroelectricity , beam (structure) , domain engineering , holography , field (mathematics) , physics , optoelectronics , computer science , mathematical analysis , mathematics , quantum mechanics , component based software engineering , software , software system , dielectric , pure mathematics , mathematical physics , programming language
Domain engineered ferroelectric crystals are a type of microstructure functional material that is used widely in the area of nonlinear optics. Herein, research processes in the area of nonlinear beam shaping using domain engineered crystals in the past decade are reviewed. The newly developed design methods, such as the nonlinear Huygens–Fresnel principle, nonlinear volume holography, and caustic design, which have analogs in linear optics, are introduced. Using the proposed methods for nonlinear beam shaping, multiple function integration, generation of Airy beams, and arbitrary curved trajectories are realized. As an extra degree of freedom, orbital angular momentum of light beams is generated and manipulated through domain engineering. Discussions and future directions in this field are presented.