Title :
Miniaturization and embedding of soliton-based electro-optically addressable photonic arrays
Author :
D´Ercole, Angelo ; Palange, Elia ; DelRe, Eugenio ; Ciattoni, Alessandro ; Crosignani, Bruno ; Agranat, Aharon J.
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Ing. Elettr. e dell´´Inf., Univ. dell´´Aquila, L´´Aquila
Abstract :
Using top-electrodes, we demonstrate the soliton-based miniaturized integration of electro-optic devices in a photorefractive paraelectric bulk crystal. Self-trapping and beam manipulation though soliton electro-activation is achieved at quasi-digital voltages.
Keywords :
electro-optical devices; integrated optics; optical self-focusing; optical solitons; photorefractive materials; beam manipulation; electro-optic devices; optical self-trapping; photonic array embedding; photonic array miniaturization; photorefractive paraelectric bulk crystal; quasidigital voltage; soliton based electro-optically addressable photonic arrays; soliton electro activation; Electrodes; Electrooptic devices; Geometry; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical modulation; Optical solitons; Photonic crystals; Photorefractive effect; Voltage; (190.5330) Photorefractive nonlinear optics; (230.2090) Electro-optical devices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628164
