• DocumentCode
    2837277
  • Title

    Photovoltaic self-focusing in lithium niobate

  • Author

    Parravicini, J. ; Minzioni, P. ; Degiorgio, V. ; DelRe, E.

  • Author_Institution
    Dipt. di Elettron., Univ. of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    14-19 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    The paper reports the observation of self-focusing and self-trapping of monochromatic beams in congruent lithium niobate crystals without any external electric-field bias. A continuous wave of 532 nm elliptically-shaped Gaussian beam was launched on the crystal, with a full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) of 30 times770 mum, and through an imaging system and a Vidicon camera, detected the transverse intensity distribution in the xy plane on the crystal output facet.
  • Keywords
    lithium compounds; optical self-focusing; photovoltaic effects; LiNbO3; elliptically shaped Gaussian beam; monochromatic beam self trapping; photovoltaic self focusing; wavelength 532 nm; Crystals; Face detection; Laser beams; Lithium niobate; Optical solitons; Optimized production technology; Photorefractive effect; Photovoltaic systems; Polarization; Solar power generation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Munich
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4079-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4080-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5194830
  • Filename
    5194830
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2837277