Diffraction-managed solitons and nonlinear beam diffusion in modulated waveguide arrays

Author

Szameit, Alexander ; Garanovich, Ivan L. ; Heinrich, Matthias ; Minovich, Alexander ; Dreisow, Felix ; Sukhorukov, Andrey A. ; Pertsch, Thomas ; Neshev, Dragomir N. ; Nolte, Stefan ; Krolikowski, Wieslaw ; Tunnermann, Andreas ; Mitchell, Arnan ; Kivshar,

Author_Institution

Inst. of Appl. Phys., Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena, Jena

fYear

2008

fDate

4-9 May 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We present the first experimental observation of nonlinear beam diffusion and formation of diffraction-managed solitons in periodically-curved arrays of coupled optical waveguides created using femtosecond laser writing in silica glass, and titanium indiffusion in LiNbO₃ crystals.

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; laser materials processing; light scattering; lithium compounds; optical arrays; optical glass; optical solitons; optical waveguides; silicon compounds; titanium; LiNbO₃; SiO₂; Ti; coupled optical waveguides; diffraction-managed solitons; femtosecond laser writing; modulated waveguide arrays; nonlinear beam diffusion; periodically-curved arrays; silica glass; titanium indiffusion; Laser beams; Nonlinear optics; Optical arrays; Optical coupling; Optical diffraction; Optical modulation; Optical solitons; Optical waveguides; Ultrafast optics; Waveguide lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-859-9

Type

conf

Filename

4571297