Title :
Effect of externally applied electric field to a light beam self-action in a lithium niobate waveguide
Author :
Smirnov, Evgueni ; Shandarov, V.
Author_Institution :
State Univ. of Control Syst. & Radioelectron., Tomsk, Russia
Abstract :
We study the photorefractive self-action of light beams within an iron-doped planar optical waveguide in lithium niobate biased by external electric field, to find the conditions for the formation of quasisteady-state screening-photovoltaic spatial solitons. Their formation is expected to take much shorter time compared with the steady-state photovoltaic solitons.
Keywords :
electro-optical effects; iron; lithium compounds; niobium compounds; optical planar waveguides; optical solitons; photorefractive effect; He-Ne laser; LiNbO3; electric field effect; iron-doped planar optical waveguide; light beam; light beam photorefractive self-action; lithium niobate waveguide; quasisteady-state screening-photovoltaic spatial solitons; Electrodes; Iron; Lithium niobate; Optical planar waveguides; Optical waveguides; Photovoltaic systems; Planar waveguides; Solar power generation; Solitons; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Laser and Fiber-Optical Networks Modeling, 2003. Proceedings of LFNM 2003. 5th International Workshop on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7709-5
DOI :
10.1109/LFNM.2003.1246080
