| DOI | Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0003589 |
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| Author | Search for: Karpinski, PawelORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8257-6940; Search for: Shvedov, VladlenORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5087-2809; Search for: Krolikowski, Wieslaw; Search for: Hnatovsky, Cyril1 |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council of Canada. Security and Disruptive Technologies
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| Format | Text, Article |
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| Subject | crystalline solids; effective medium approximation; metamaterials; femtosecond lasers; self assembly; nonlinear optical crystals; optical properties; form birefringence; optical microscopy |
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| Abstract | Photonic technology is widely based on anisotropic (and) nonlinear materials, which allow light modulation and parametric light conversion. Because the number of naturally occurring crystals is limited, there is a growing demand for artificial metamaterials with optical properties specifically tailored to a given application. Here, we utilize the top-down method to synthesize sub-wavelength periodic nanostructures inside a uniaxial optically nonlinear crystal (lithium niobate, LiNbO₃) by irradiating it with multiple femtosecond laser pulses. By superimposing form-birefringence associated with the light-induced nanostructures onto natural birefringence of the host crystal we create macroscopic domains of a biaxial metamaterial embedded into otherwise uniaxial medium. |
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| Publication date | 2020-04-21 |
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| Publisher | AIP |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | Yes |
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| Export citation | Export as RIS |
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| Record identifier | 33b09515-df13-4124-a694-fb4bb76c16ec |
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| Record created | 2020-07-02 |
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| Record modified | 2020-07-28 |
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