Optical induction scheme for assembling nondiffracting aperiodic Vogel spirals

Journal Article · Mon May 12 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4875237· OSTI ID:22273423

Diebel, Falko; Rose, Patrick; Boguslawski, Martin; Denz, Cornelia ^[1]

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1. Institut für Angewandte Physik and Center for Nonlinear Science (CeNoS), Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster (Germany)

We introduce an experimental approach to realize aperiodic photonic lattices based on multiplexing of nondiffracting Bessel beams. This holographic optical induction scheme takes advantage of the well localized Bessel beam as a basis to assemble two-dimensional photonic lattices. We present the realization of an optically induced two-dimensional golden-angle Vogel spiral lattice, which belongs to the family of deterministic aperiodic structures. With our technique, a very broad class of photonic refractive index landscapes now becomes accessible to optical induction, which could not be realized with established distributed holographic techniques.

• OSTI ID: 22273423
• Journal Information: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 104, Issue 19; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
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REFRACTIVE INDEX
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