Anti-diffracting beams through the diffusive optical nonlinearity

  • F. Di Mei
  • , J. Parravicini
  • , D. Pierangeli
  • , C. Conti
  • , A. J. Agranat
  • , E. DelRe

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Abstract

Anti-diffraction is a theoretically predicted nonlinear optical phenomenon that occurs when a light beam spontaneously focalizes independently of its intensity. We observe anti-diffracting beams supported by the peak-intensity-independent diffusive nonlinearity that are able to shrink below their diffraction-limited size in photorefractive lithium-enriched potassium-tantalate-niobate (KTN:Li).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)31434-31439
Number of pages6
JournalOptics Express
Volume22
Issue number25
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Dec 2014

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