Scale-free optics and diffractionless waves in nanodisordered ferroelectrics

E DelRe, E Spinozzi, AJ Agranat, C Conti - Nature Photonics, 2011 - nature.com
Wavelength rigidly fixes the diffraction that distorts waves during propagation, and poses
fundamental limits to imaging, microscopy and communication. This distortion can be …

Super-crystals in composite ferroelectrics

D Pierangeli, M Ferraro, F Di Mei… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
As atoms and molecules condense to form solids, a crystalline state can emerge with its
highly ordered geometry and subnanometric lattice constant. In some physical systems …

Electrooptical effects in glass forming liquids of dipolar nano-clusters embedded in a paraelectric environment

A Gumennik, Y Kurzweil-Segev… - Optical Materials …, 2011 - opg.optica.org
Studies of the electrooptic effect in potassium tantalate niobate (KTN) and Li doped KTN in
the vicinity of the ferroelectric phase transition are reported. It was observed that in KTN the …

Fast electroholographic switching

N Sapiens, A Weissbrod, AJ Agranat - Optics letters, 2009 - opg.optica.org
Electroholographic switching with a rise time of 13 ns is henceforth presented. The switching
was demonstrated in a potassium lithium tantalate crystal doped with copper and titanium …

Observation of polarization-maintaining light propagation in depoled compositionally disordered ferroelectrics

M Ferraro, D Pierangeli, M Flammini, G Di Domenico… - Optics letters, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We investigate the evolution of the state of polarization of light propagating through bulk
depoled composite ferroelectrics below the Curie temperature. In contrast to standard …

Construction of waveguiding structures in potassium lithium tantalate niobate crystals by combined laser ablation and ion implantation

AB Yashar, H Ilan, AJ Agranat - Applied Physics A, 2015 - Springer
A generic methodology for constructing complex integrated electro-optic circuits in
waveguided configurations is presented. The method is based on combining two …

Enhanced photorefractive properties of paraelectric potassium–lithium–tantalate–niobate by manganese doping

H Tian, Z Zhou, D Gong, H Wang, D Liu… - Journal of Physics D …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
Paraelectric potassium–lithium–tantalate–niobate, or KLTN, crystals have been grown with
two different Mn concentrations: 0.25 and 0.5 mol%. Detailed investigations have been …

Photorefractive properties of paraelectric potassium lithium tantalate niobate crystal doped with iron

H Tian, Z Zhou, D Gong, H Wang, Y Jiang, C Hou - Optics communications, 2008 - Elsevier
We report the successful growth of paraelectric potassium lithium tantalate niobate (KLTN)
single crystal doped with iron. Detailed investigations have been made on the …

Dielectric electrooptic gratings in potassium lithium tantalate niobate

AJ Agranat, CEM de Oliveira, G Orr - Journal of non-crystalline solids, 2007 - Elsevier
Volume phase gratings have been fabricated by controlled generation of periodic striations
during the growth of copper doped potassium lithium tantalate niobate crystals. Gratings with …

A tunable channel waveguide array fabricated by the implantations of He+ ions in an electrooptical KLTN substrate.

A Gumennik, G Perepelitsa, A Israel, AJ Agranat - Optics Express, 2009 - opg.optica.org
An electrooptical channel waveguide array was constructed in potassium lithium tantalate
niobate substrate by the implantation of He^+ ions at high energies. The array was …