Photosensitivity control of an isotropic medium through polarization of light pulses with tilted intensity front

被引：46
作者：
Kazansky, Peter G. [1 ]
Shimotsuma, Yasuhiko [2 ]
Sakakura, Masaaki [2 ]
Beresna, Martynas [1 ]
Gecevicius, Mindaugas [1 ]
Svirko, Yuri [3 ]
Akturk, Selcuk [4 ]
Qiu, Jianrong [5 ,6 ]
Miura, Kiyotaka [2 ]
Hirao, Kazuyuki [2 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Southampton, Optoelect Res Ctr, Southampton SO17 1BJ, Hants, England
[2] Kyoto Univ, Grad Sch Engn, Dept Chem Mat, Sakyo Ku, Kyoto 6068501, Japan
[3] Univ Eastern Finland, Dept Math & Phys, FI-80101 Kuopio, Finland
[4] Istanbul Tech Univ, Dept Phys, TR-34469 Istanbul, Turkey
[5] Zhejiang Univ, State Key Lab Silicon Mat, Hangzhou 310027, Zhejiang, Peoples R China
[6] Chinese Acad Sci, Shanghai Inst Opt & Fine Mech, State Key Lab High Field Laser Phys, Shanghai 201800, Peoples R China
来源：
OPTICS EXPRESS | 2011年 / 19卷 / 21期
基金：
英国工程与自然科学研究理事会; 芬兰科学院;
关键词：
FEMTOSECOND LASER-PULSES; WAVE-GUIDES; SUBPICOSECOND;
D O I：
10.1364/OE.19.020657
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
We present the first experimental evidence of anisotropic photosensitivity of an isotropic homogeneous medium under uniform illumination. Our experiments reveal fundamentally new type of light induced anisotropy originated from the hidden asymmetry of pulsed light beam with a finite tilt of intensity front. We anticipate that the observed phenomenon, which enables employing mutual orientation of a light polarization plane and pulse front tilt to control interaction of matter with ultrashort light pulses, will open new opportunities in material processing. (C)2011 Optical Society of America
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页码：20657 / 20664
页数：8
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