Some applications of the anisotropic diffraction in biaxial crystals

Josselin C. Garnier

doi:10.1117/12.424688

12 April 2001 Some applications of the anisotropic diffraction in biaxial crystals

Josselin C. Garnier

Proceedings Volume 4271, Optical Pulse and Beam Propagation III; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.424688
Event: Photonics West 2001 - LASE, 2001, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

We analyze the propagation of pulses in noncentrosymmetric crystals by applying high-frequency expansions techniques for Maxwell equations. As a rst application we give a closed-form expression for the anisotropic di raction operator. Given this expression we identify a critical con guration in biaxial crystals where the di raction reduces to a one-dimensional second-order operator for the ordinary wave instead of the standard transverse Laplacian. The beam propagation in such a con guration involves the generation of spatial solitons because of this anomalous onedimensional di raction. As a second application we present closed-form formulas for the interference patterns from biaxial crystal plates between two polarizers. These formulas agree with experimental patterns.

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Josselin C. Garnier "Some applications of the anisotropic diffraction in biaxial crystals", Proc. SPIE 4271, Optical Pulse and Beam Propagation III, (12 April 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.424688

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