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Nonlinear wavefront shaping with optically induced three-dimensional nonlinear photonic crystals

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  • Shan Liu

    (Australian National University)

  • Krzysztof Switkowski

    (Warsaw University of Technology
    Texas A&M University at Qatar)

  • Chenglong Xu

    (RMIT University, Melbourne)

  • Jie Tian

    (RMIT University, Melbourne)

  • Bingxia Wang

    (Huazhong University of Science and Technology)

  • Peixiang Lu

    (Huazhong University of Science and Technology)

  • Wieslaw Krolikowski

    (Australian National University
    Texas A&M University at Qatar)

  • Yan Sheng

    (Australian National University)

Abstract

Generation of coherent light with desirable amplitude and phase profiles throughout the optical spectrum is a key issue in optical technologies. Nonlinear wavefront shaping offers an exceptional way to achieve this goal by converting an incident light beam into the beam (or beams) of different frequency with spatially modulated amplitude and phase. The realization of such frequency conversion and shaping processes critically depends on the matching of phase velocities of interacting waves, for which nonlinear photonic crystals (NPCs) with spatially modulated quadratic nonlinearity have shown great potential. Here, we present the first experimental demonstration of nonlinear wavefront shaping with three-dimensional (3D) NPCs formed by ultrafast-light-induced ferroelectric domain inversion approach. Compared with those previously used low-dimensional structures, 3D NPCs provide all spatial degrees of freedom for the compensation of phase mismatch in nonlinear interactions and thereby constitute an unprecedented system for the generation and control of coherent light at new frequencies.

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  • Shan Liu & Krzysztof Switkowski & Chenglong Xu & Jie Tian & Bingxia Wang & Peixiang Lu & Wieslaw Krolikowski & Yan Sheng, 2019. "Nonlinear wavefront shaping with optically induced three-dimensional nonlinear photonic crystals," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 10(1), pages 1-7, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:10:y:2019:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-019-11114-y
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11114-y
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    1. Pengcheng Chen & Xiaoyi Xu & Tianxin Wang & Chao Zhou & Dunzhao Wei & Jianan Ma & Junjie Guo & Xuejing Cui & Xiaoyan Cheng & Chenzhu Xie & Shuang Zhang & Shining Zhu & Min Xiao & Yong Zhang, 2023. "Laser nanoprinting of 3D nonlinear holograms beyond 25000 pixels-per-inch for inter-wavelength-band information processing," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-9, December.

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