Volume holography with Bessel-like reference beams

Raphael A. Guerrero; Jonathan P. Manigo

doi:10.1117/12.2187813

26 August 2015 Volume holography with Bessel-like reference beams

Raphael A. Guerrero, Jonathan P. Manigo

Proceedings Volume 9587, Optical Data Storage 2015; 95870H (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2187813
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2015, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We report volume holographic recording and reconstruction of plane waves using Bessel-like reference beams. A photorefractive lithium niobate crystal (0.05% Fe:LiNbO3) is employed as the holographic medium in a two-wave mixing set-up. The reconstructed plane wave has the same appearance as a Bessel beam, displaying a central maximum and concentric rings. Over a propagation range of 10 to 50 cm, the central intensity is observed to oscillate between maximum and zero intensity. The holographic reconstruction is capable of self-healing and propagation properties are preserved even with the use of a partially blocked readout beam. A theoretical framework based on the interference of a plane wave and a Bessel beam simultaneously reconstructed from a volume hologram is able to describe our experimental results.

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Raphael A. Guerrero and Jonathan P. Manigo "Volume holography with Bessel-like reference beams", Proc. SPIE 9587, Optical Data Storage 2015, 95870H (26 August 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2187813

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