Real-time Photoinduced Waveguides in Sn2P2S6 Bulk Crystals with Visible or Near Infrared Light

Germano Montemezzani (1) , Cristian Dan (1) , Mohamed Gorram (1) , Nicolas Fressengeas (1) , Delphine Wolfersberger (1) , Flurin Juvalta , Roger Mosimann , Mojca Jazbinsek , Peter Günter , Alexander A. Grabar (2)

1 LMOPS - Laboratoire Matériaux Optiques, Photonique et Systèmes
2 ISSPC - Institute of Solid State Physics and Chemistry [Uzhgorod]

Light induced waveguides are demonstrated in Sn2P2S6by two alternative methods allowing a waveguide formation time of the order of 1 ms. The techniques are based on shaped visible lateral illumination and near infrared self-focusing.

Domains: Physics [physics]; Physics [physics]; Optics [physics.optics]

Germano Montemezzani, Cristian Dan, Mohamed Gorram, Nicolas Fressengeas, Delphine Wolfersberger, et al.. Real-time Photoinduced Waveguides in Sn2P2S6 Bulk Crystals with Visible or Near Infrared Light. Controlling Light with Light (PR'07), Oct 2007, Squaw Creek, United States. Paper TuB3-1-3. ⟨hal-00279756⟩