Nonlinear spectral demultiplexing in arrays of curved waveguides

Author

Garanovich, I.L. ; Sukhorukov, A.A. ; Neshev, D.N. ; Kivshar, Yu.S.

Author_Institution

Nonlinear Phys. Centre, Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia

fYear

2009

fDate

14-19 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

In this paper, curved nonlinear waveguide arrays are specially designed and numerically nonlinearly-induced symmetry breaking of the output beam profile is demonstrated. This phenomenon facilitates possibilities for tunable all-optical sorting of input ultra-broad spectrum beams into narrow spectrum output channels, realizing demultiplexing of individual spectral components.

Keywords

nonlinear optics; optical arrays; optical design techniques; optical waveguides; spectral analysis; curved nonlinear waveguide array design; individual spectral components; narrow spectrum output channels; nonlinear spectral demultiplexing; numerically nonlinearly-induced symmetry breaking; output beam profile; tunable all-optical sorting; ultra-broad spectrum beams; Demultiplexing; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical arrays; Optical coupling; Optical devices; Optical propagation; Optical refraction; Optical waveguides; Physics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4079-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4080-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5196557

Filename

5196557