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Tunable diffraction-free array in nonlinear photonic crystal

Diffraction-free beams have attracted increasing research interests because of their unique performances and broad applications in various fields. Although many methods have been developed to produce such beams, it is still challenging to realize a tunable non-diffracting beam. Here, we report the g...

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Autores principales: Liu, Dongmei, Wei, Dunzhao, Zhang, Yong, Chen, Zhenhua, Ni, Rui, Yang, Bo, Hu, Xiaopeng, Qin, Y. Q., Zhu, S. N., Xiao, Min
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5241656/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28098213
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep40856
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Sumario:Diffraction-free beams have attracted increasing research interests because of their unique performances and broad applications in various fields. Although many methods have been developed to produce such beams, it is still challenging to realize a tunable non-diffracting beam. Here, we report the generation of a tunable diffraction-free array through second-harmonic generation in a nonlinear photonic crystal, i.e., a 2D periodically-poled LiTaO(3) crystal. In such a crystal, the second-harmonic wave is engineered by properly designing the domain structure based on the Huygens-Fresnel principle. The characteristics of the generated diffraction-free array including its period, propagation length, and wavelength can be tuned by simply changing the input wavelength. Our observation not only enriches the diffraction-free optics, but also has potential applications for photolithography and imaging.