Title :
Spatio-temporal dynamics of laser pulses in lithium niobate waveguide arrays
Author :
Setzpfandt, Frank ; Sukhorukov, Andrey A. ; Neshev, Dragomir N. ; Schiek, Roland ; Solntsev, Alexander S. ; Ricken, Raimund ; Min, Yoohong ; Sohler, Wolfgang ; Kivshar, Yuri S. ; Pertsch, Thomas
Author_Institution :
Friedrich Schiller Univ. Jena, Jena, Germany
fDate :
Aug. 28 2011-Sept. 1 2011
Abstract :
We study experimentally and numerically the spatiotemporal evolution of short pulses in quadratic nonlinear waveguide arrays with coupled second-harmonic modes, revealing complex spectral transformations involving generation of new frequency components at the Brillouin zone edge.
Keywords :
Brillouin spectra; lithium compounds; optical harmonic generation; optical pulse generation; optical waveguides; Brillouin zone edge; LiNbO3; complex spectral transformations; coupled second-harmonic modes; laser pulses; quadratic nonlinear waveguide arrays; spatio-temporal dynamics; spatiotemporal evolution; Couplings; Frequency conversion; Lithium niobate; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Optimized production technology; Solitons;
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
DOI :
10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6194057
