Abstract
We report on the experimental observation of very large self-deflection of optical beams, along with all-optical steering, and electro-optic beam deflection. We observe as many as 27 resolvable spots of deflection at 1-W/cm2 intensity. These deflections arise from enhanced photorefractive effects in CdZnTe:V, giving rise to optically induced index changes in excess of 0.08, which is to our knowledge the strongest nonlinearity ever reported for any bulk semiconductor.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 760-762 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Optics Letters |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Apr 2004 |
| Externally published | Yes |