Subdiffraction and spatial filtering due to periodic spatial modulation of the gain/loss profile

We investigate light propagation through materials with periodically modulated gain/loss profile in both transverse and longitudinal directions, i.e. in material with two-dimensional modulation in space. We predict effects of self-collimation (diffraction-free propagation) of the beams, as well as s...

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Autores: Staliunas, Kestutis|||0000-0002-0539-9538, Herrero Simon, Ramon|||0000-0001-5572-1540, Vilaseca Alavedra, Ramon|||0000-0002-3736-5789
Tipo de recurso: informe técnico
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/345876
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/345876
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Light--Scattering
Diffraction
Llum -- Difusió
Llum -- Difracció
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física
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Sumario:We investigate light propagation through materials with periodically modulated gain/loss profile in both transverse and longitudinal directions, i.e. in material with two-dimensional modulation in space. We predict effects of self-collimation (diffraction-free propagation) of the beams, as well as superdiffusion (spatial frequency filtering) of the beams in depending on the geometry of the gain/loss lattice, and justify the predictions by numerical simulations of the paraxial wave propagation equations.