Programming scale-free optics in disordered ferroelectrics

Opt Lett. 2012 Jun 15;37(12):2355-7. doi: 10.1364/OL.37.002355.

Abstract

Using the history dependence of a dipolar glass hosted in a compositionally disordered lithium-enriched potassium tantalate niobate (KTN:Li) crystal, we demonstrate scale-free optical propagation at tunable temperatures. The operating equilibration temperature is determined by previous crystal spiralling in the temperature/cooling-rate phase space.