• DocumentCode
    2880679
  • Title

    Slow light bullets in arrays of nonlinear Bragg-grating waveguides

  • Author

    Sukhorukov, Andrey A. ; Kivshar, Yuri S.

  • Author_Institution
    Res. Sch. of Phys. Sci. & Eng., Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We show that in specially designed nonlinear waveguides with phase-shifted Bragg gratings it is possible to realize the frequency-independent spatial diffraction in the vicinity of band-gap, allowing for efficient spatio-temporal self-trapping of slow-light bullets.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; optical arrays; optical design techniques; optical waveguide components; radiation pressure; slow light; spatiotemporal phenomena; band gap; frequency-independent spatial diffraction; nonlinear Bragg-grating waveguide array design; phase-shifted Bragg gratings; slow-light bullets; spatio-temporal self-trapping; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Bragg gratings; Diffraction; Frequency; Nonlinear optics; Optical arrays; Optical propagation; Optical waveguides; Phased arrays; Slow light; 050.2770; 190.5940;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628804
  • Filename
    4628804