Fourier Synthesization of Optical Pulses and "Polar'' Light
Optics
2015-06-26 v1
Abstract
It is shown that the direct Fourier synthesization of light beams allows one to create polarity-asymmetric waves, which are able, in the process of nonlinear interaction with a medium, to break its inversion symmetry. As a result, these "polar" waves may show the effect of optical rectification in nonlinear centrosymmetric media by generating light-induced dc electric polarization. At the same time, the waves of this type, due to their unusual symmetry properties, can be used for detecting the direction and sign of a dc electric field applied to the medium. The prospects of application of polar waves to data recording and processing are discussed.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0204041,
title = {Fourier Synthesization of Optical Pulses and "Polar'' Light},
author = {V. S. Zapasskii and E. B. Alexandrov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0204041},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
to be published in May issue of Optics and Spectroscopy