Demonstration of all-optical beam steering in modulated photonic lattices.
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We demonstrate experimentally all-optical beam steering in modulated photonic lattices induced optically by three-beam interference in a biased photorefractive crystal. We identify and characterize the key physical parameters governing the beam steering and show that the spatial resolution can be enhanced by the additional effect of nonlinear beam self-localization.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Optics letters
دوره 31 10 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006