Beam-splitting waveguides induced in nanocolloids

Luis A. López-Peña; Emma C. Brambila-Tamayo; Cristian R. Velasco-Gutiérrez; Roland A. Terborg; Juan P. Torres; K. Volke-Sepúlveda

doi:10.1117/12.2064342

16 September 2014 Beam-splitting waveguides induced in nanocolloids

Luis A. López-Peña, Emma C. Brambila-Tamayo, Cristian R. Velasco-Gutiérrez, Roland A. Terborg, Juan P. Torres, K. Volke-Sepúlveda

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Proceedings Volume 9164, Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XI; 916439 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2064342
Event: SPIE NanoScience + Engineering, 2014, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

It has been shown that a spatial soliton can be created when a CW laser travels through a suspension of dielectric nanoparticles, provided its power is above a critical value [Opt. Lett. Vol. 7: 276 (1982)]. Recently, it was demonstrated that these soliton-like beams can be used as waveguides for controlling an additional low-power laser (probe beam) [Opt. Lett. Vol. 38: 5284 (2013)]. Here we present an experimental study of the interaction between two solitons propagating through a nanocolloid and we analyze their use to create a beam splitter for a probe beam.

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Luis A. López-Peña, Emma C. Brambila-Tamayo, Cristian R. Velasco-Gutiérrez, Roland A. Terborg, Juan P. Torres, and K. Volke-Sepúlveda "Beam-splitting waveguides induced in nanocolloids", Proc. SPIE 9164, Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XI, 916439 (16 September 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2064342

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