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Water Optical Nonlinearity: Explaining Anomalously Large Electro-Optic Coefficients in Poled Silica Fibres

Applied Physics 2018-02-19 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Optics

Abstract

An explanation is offered for the large anomalous electro-optic (e.o.) effect reported by Fujiwara in 1994. It is based on the large e.o. coefficient of ordered water at an interface measured in recent years. The concept of water-based photonics is introduced, suggesting that liquid states of matter can allow ready shaping and exploitation of many processes in ways not previously considered.

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@article{arxiv.1711.01774,
  title  = {Water Optical Nonlinearity: Explaining Anomalously Large Electro-Optic Coefficients in Poled Silica Fibres},
  author = {John Canning},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.01774},
  year   = {2018}
}