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Laser Beam Break-Up to Regular Optical Patterns and Refractive Structures Formation in a Photorefractive Lithium Niobate Crystal

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Break-up of a cw 632.8 nm wavelength laser beam to regular optical patterns during propagation through a photorefractive iron doped lithium niobate (LN:Fe) crystal is demonstrated. The power of the laser beam is varied in the range of 0.02–10 mW and 4 and 10 mm lengths LN:Fe crystals are used in the experiments. Time evolution of the laser beam profile at the output face of the LN:Fe crystal showed the splitting of a Gaussian beam into two lobes and then formation of 2D micrometric scale regular optical patterns. The input beam power increase essentially speeds-up the regular optical pattern formation. Regular optical patterns with two-fold rotation symmetry induct the quasi-crystalline photonic structures in LN:Fe crystal. A physical model to explain the experimental results is discussed.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The author is grateful to Prof. Mathieu Chauvet, Prof. Fabrice Devaux (Institute FEMTO-ST, University of Franche-Comte, Besancon, France) and Dr. Rafael Drampyan (Institute for Physical Research, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia) for many and fruitful discussions of experimental results.

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This work was supported by International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) Grant, Project A-2130. The author is grateful to Dr. Edvard Kokanyan for providing the LN:Fe crystals in the framework ISTC A-2130 Project.

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Tsarukyan, L.M. Laser Beam Break-Up to Regular Optical Patterns and Refractive Structures Formation in a Photorefractive Lithium Niobate Crystal. J. Contemp. Phys. 56, 184–191 (2021). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068337221030208

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