The Coupling Between Forward Propagating Wave and Backward Propagating Wave for P>hotorefractive Surface Waves

Author

Zhang, T.H. ; Zhang, L.Z. ; Yu, X.Y. ; He, R. ; Hu, Z.J. ; Xu, J.J.

Author_Institution

Photonics Res. Center, Nankai Univ., Tianjin

Volume

45

Issue

2

fYear

2009

Firstpage

132

Lastpage

137

Abstract

The coupling between forward propagating wave and backward propagating wave of photorefractive surface waves (PR SWs) along the surface of photorefractive crystals (PRC) with periodic corrugations is studied for the first time. The influences of depth and period number of periodical corrugation structures on the coupling between the forward propagating PR SW and backward propagating PR SW are discussed. Especially the influence of nonlinearity on the coupling is studied for the first time. The reflectivity and transmissivity of PR SWs are calculated numerically using coupled-mode theory. The results are significant for the design of integrated optical device utilizing photorefractive surface waves.

Keywords

integrated optics; light propagation; light reflection; light transmission; nonlinear optics; periodic structures; photorefractive effect; photorefractive materials; forward propagating wave-backward propagating wave coupling; integrated optical device; nonlinearity; periodic corrugation; photorefractive crystals; photorefractive surface waves; Corrugated surfaces; Couplings; Crystals; Optical design; Optical propagation; Optical surface waves; Partial response channels; Photorefractive materials; Reflectivity; Surface waves; Backward propagating wave; coupled-mode theory; photorefractive nonlinearity; surface waves;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JQE.2008.2002097

Filename

4696550