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Miniaturized electro-optic infrared beam-manipulator based on 3D photorefractive funnels

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

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Abstract

We demonstrate tunable electro-optic guiding, shaping, and switching of beams in the near infrared spectrum (λ ≃ 980 nm), typical of VCSEL technology, using biomimetic 3D funnel waveguides miniaturized into a sample of potassium-lithium-tantalate-niobate. The switchable waveguides are written using the slow photorefractive build-up of a 3D volume space-charge field caused by a diffracting continuous wave low intensity λ = 532 nm beam, and electro-optic functionality is supported by the quadratic electro-optic effect of the high-symmetry paraelectric phase.

Original languageEnglish
Article number055501
Pages (from-to)1-5
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Optics (United Kingdom)
Volume17
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 May 2015

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Keywords

  • Arrays
  • Couplers
  • Nonlinear guided waves
  • Nonlinear waveguides
  • Optical solitons
  • Optical waveguides and couplers
  • Waveguides

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