• DocumentCode
    1986430
  • Title

    Nonlinear polarization self-flipping and optical switching

  • Author

    Zhang, Wen Qi ; Lohe, M.A. ; Monro, Tanya M. ; Shahraam Afshar, V.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. for Photonics & Adv. Sensing (IPAS), Univ. of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    Aug. 28 2011-Sept. 1 2011
  • Firstpage
    152
  • Lastpage
    154
  • Abstract
    In asymmetric waveguides the nonlinear phase difference can dominate the linear contribution, provided the birefringence is sufficiently small. Polarization self-flipping and its application to optical power limiting at mW levels is demonstrated.
  • Keywords
    birefringence; light polarisation; optical limiters; optical switches; optical waveguides; asymmetric waveguides; birefringence; nonlinear phase difference; nonlinear polarization self-flipping; optical power limiting; optical switching; Dispersion; Nonlinear optics; Optical bistability; Optical polarization; Optical switches; Optical waveguides;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics Conference & Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/IQEC/PACIFIC RIM), 2011
  • Conference_Location
    Sydney, NSW
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1939-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6193770
  • Filename
    6193770
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1986430