Title :
Coherent control of birefringence and optical activity
Author :
Mousavi, Seyedmohammad A. ; Plum, Eric ; Jinhui Shi ; Zheludev, Nikolay I.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre & Centre for Photonic Metamaterials, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
Control of polarization of light with light is demonstrated in thin slabs of linear material promising ultrafast all-optical data processing at arbitrarily low intensities. In proof-of-principle experiments we access any polarization azimuth and any ellipticity.
Keywords :
birefringence; high-speed optical techniques; light polarisation; birefringence; coherent control; ellipticity; light polarization; linear material; optical activity; polarization azimuth; thin slabs; ultrafast all-optical data processing; Geometrical optics; Magnetic materials; Metamaterials; Optical imaging; Optical polarization; Polarization;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
