DocumentCode
3025575
Title
Experimental observation of modulational instability in the 1st and 2nd band of a self-defocusing nonlinear waveguide array
Author
Rüter, Christian E. ; Wisniewski, Jürgen ; Kip, Detlef
Author_Institution
Clausthal Univ. of Technol., Clausthal-Zellerfeld
fYear
2007
fDate
6-11 May 2007
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We observed experimentally discrete modulational instability within the first two bands in a permanent nonlinear waveguide array fabricated in an iron-doped photorefractive lithium niobate crystal.
Keywords
iron; lithium compounds; nonlinear optics; optical materials; optical modulation; optical waveguides; photorefractive materials; LiNbO3:Fe; discrete modulational instability; permanent nonlinear waveguide array; photorefractive crystal; self-defocusing nonlinear waveguide array; Lithium niobate; Modulation coding; Nonlinear optics; Optical arrays; Optical propagation; Optical solitons; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Photorefractive materials; Pulse modulation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-834-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453660
Filename
4453660
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