arXiv:1912.13341physics.optics
Anomalous refraction of optical space-time wave packets
Abstract
Refraction at the interface between two materials is fundamental to the interaction of light with photonic devices and to the propagation of light through the atmosphere at large. Underpinning the traditional rules for the refraction of an optical field is the tacit presumption of the separability of its spatial and temporal degrees-of-freedom. We show here that endowing a pulsed beam with precise spatio-temporal spectral correlations unveils remarkable refractory phenomena, such as group-velocity invariance with respect to the refractive index, group-delay cancellation, anomalous group-velocity increase in higher-index materials, and tunable group velocity by varying the angle of incidence. A law of refraction for `space-time' wave packets encompassing these effects is verified experimentally in a variety of optical materials. Space-time refraction defies our expectations derived from Fermat's principle and offers new opportunities for molding the flow of light and other wave phenomena.
Here's arxiv.org version (Nature Photonics version is of course pay walled): https://arxiv.org/pdf/1912.13341.pdf Abstract for those who don't bother: Refraction at the interface between two materials is fundamental to the interaction of light with photonic devices and to the…
jari_mustonenView on HNParent context
Thanks for sharing. The paper is interesting, and not clickbaitty like the article. The link should probably be changed to the arXiv web page: "Anomalous refraction of optical space-time wave packets" (https://arxiv.org/abs/1912.13341).
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