Title :
Novel spatial solitons in nonlinearly coupled waveguides in unpoled lithium niobate
Author :
Colace, L. ; Leo, G. ; Amoroso, A. ; Falco, A. Di ; Assanto, G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Rome Univ., Italy
Abstract :
Based on cascading between coupled-modes in planar guides, we undertook a study of spatial optical solitons in this novel geometry encompassing two waveguides and orthogonal eigenmodes.
Keywords :
lithium compounds; optical couplers; optical harmonic generation; optical materials; optical phase matching; optical planar waveguides; optical solitons; LiNbO3; eigenmodes; harmonic generation; nonlinear coupled waveguides; optical phase matching; spatial solitons; unpoled lithium niobate; Lithium niobate; Optical coupling; Optical polarization; Optical solitons; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Optimized production technology; Planar waveguides; Surface waves; Waveguide components;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7888-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2003.1252888
