Fourier Synthesization of Optical Pulses and "Polar'' Light

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2002-04-16

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0204041v1

Physics

Optics

to be published in May issue of Optics and Spectroscopy

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It is shown that the direct Fourier synthesization of light beams allows one to create polarity-asymmetric waves, which are able, in the process of nonlinear interaction with a medium, to break its inversion symmetry. As a result, these "polar" waves may show the effect of optical rectification in nonlinear centrosymmetric media by generating light-induced dc electric polarization. At the same time, the waves of this type, due to their unusual symmetry properties, can be used for detecting the direction and sign of a dc electric field applied to the medium. The prospects of application of polar waves to data recording and processing are discussed.

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