Title :
Nonlinear optics and photonic crystals for ultrafast optical processing
Author_Institution :
Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA
Abstract :
A review on some of the research that brings together the state of the art in new waveguide development with physical observation methods of unparalleled precision in the ultrafast optical regime. By controlling the waveguide structures, it is possible to access unique physical regimes. Some of these regimes include optical soliton dynamics, frequency conversion, from birefringent phase-matching to supercontinuum generation that can open new avenues in fiber based all-optical processing on ultrafast timescales.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical fibres; optical frequency conversion; optical phase matching; optical solitons; photonic crystals; supercontinuum generation; birefringent phase-matching; frequency conversion; optical soliton; photonic crystals; supercontinuum generation; ultrafast optical processing; waveguide structures; Birefringence; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency conversion; Nonlinear optics; Optical frequency conversion; Optical solitons; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Supercontinuum generation; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8557-8
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363580
