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Polaritonic materials fabricated and tested with ultrashort-pulse lasers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

David W. Ward ,
Eric Statz ,
Thomas Feurer  and
Keith A. Nelson
David W. Ward
Affiliation:
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Eric Statz
Affiliation:
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Thomas Feurer
Affiliation:
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Keith A. Nelson
Affiliation:
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Abstract

Using femtosecond laser machining, we have fabricated photonic bandgap materials that influence propagation of phonon-polaritons in ferroelectric crystals. Broadband polaritons were generated with impulsive stimulated Raman scattering (ISRS) using an ultrashort laser pulse, and the spatial and temporal evolution of the polaritons were imaged as they propagated through the fabricated structures with polariton real-space imaging. These techniques offer a new approach to optical materials design.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 850: Symposium MM – Ultrafast Lasers for Materials Science , 2004 , MM1.2
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2005

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