Saturday, November 9, 2013

Abstract-Focusing and imaging of a virtual all-optical tunable terahertz Fresnel zone plate


Xinke Wang, Zhenwei Xie, Wenfeng Sun, Shengfei Feng, Ye Cui, Jiasheng Ye, and Yan Zhang  »View Author Affiliations
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?uri=ol-38-22-4731

A virtual all-optical tunable terahertz Fresnel zone plate is achieved utilizing the localized distribution of the transient electron plasma on a silicon wafer. Its focusing and imaging performance are experimentally demonstrated. Experimental results show that the effect of the virtual zone plate is the same as an actual one. Adjusting the spatial pattern of the electron plasma, the central wavelength and the focal length of the virtual zone plate can be all-optically dynamically steered. The research is a significant step to the development of tunable optical imaging elements.
© 2013 Optical Society of America

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