Light and Matter Interactions: Going with the Grain

Chris B. Schaffer
Nature Photonics 2, 73 (2008)

Non-reciprocal optical phenomena — effects that depend on the direction of light propagation —are rare. Researchers have now observed non-reciprocal material modification when moving a beam of ultrashort light pulses through a lithium niobate crystal.

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