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Time-Refraction Optics at Single Cycle Modulation

Eran Lustig, Ohad Segal, Soham Saha, Eliyahu Bordo, Sarah Nahar Chowdhury, Yonatan Sharabi, Avner Fleischer, Mustafa Goksu Ozlu, Alexandra E. Boltasseva, Oren Cohen, Vladimir M. Shalaev, Mordechai Segev

Published Jan 1, 2023• 0 citations
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We present an experimental study of optical time-refraction in single-cycle time-interfaces. Specifically, we study the propagation of a probe pulse through a sample undergoing large refractive index changes induced by an intense ultra-short modulator pulse.
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10.1364/cleo_fs.2023.ftu3d.1

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