
Rejuvenation in scale-free optics and enhanced diffraction cancellation life-time
Author(s) -
Jacopo Parravicini,
Claudio Conti,
Aharon J. Agranat,
E. DelRe
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.20.027382
Subject(s) - optics , lithium tantalate , materials science , diffraction , photorefractive effect , diffraction efficiency , nonlinear optics , tantalate , lithium niobate , relaxation (psychology) , ferroelectricity , optoelectronics , physics , laser , psychology , social psychology , dielectric
We demonstrate rejuvenation in scale-free optical propagation. The phenomenon is caused by the non-ergodic relaxation of the dipolar glass that mediates the photorefractive nonlinearity in compositionally-disordered lithium-enriched potassium-tantalate-niobate (KTN:Li). We implement rejuvenation to halt aging in the dipolar glass and extend the duration of beam diffraction cancellation.
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