Photorefractive light needles in glassy nanodisordered KNTN

Opt Lett. 2014 Mar 15;39(6):1657-60. doi: 10.1364/OL.39.001657.

Abstract

We study the formation of 2D self-trapped beams in nanodisordered potassium-sodium-tantalate-niobate (KNTN) cooled below the dynamic glass transition. Supercooling is shown to accelerate the photorefractive response and enhance steady-state anisotropy. Effects in the excited state are attributed to the anomalous slim-loop polarization curve typical of relaxors dominated by non-interacting polar-nano-regions.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alloys / chemistry
  • Glass / chemistry*
  • Light
  • Materials Testing
  • Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry*
  • Needles
  • Refractometry / methods*
  • Scattering, Radiation

Substances

  • Alloys