Title :
Induced Kerr effects and self-guided beams in quasi-phase-matched quadratic media
Author :
Clausen, Carl Balslev ; Bang, Ole ; Kivshar, Yuri S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Math. Modelling, Tech. Univ. Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
We show that quasi-phase-matching of quadratic media induces Kerr effects, such as self- and cross-phase modulation, and leads to the existence of a novel class of solitary waves, QPM-solitons
Keywords :
optical Kerr effect; optical modulation; optical solitons; phase modulation; QPM-solitons; cross-phase modulation; induced Kerr effects; quadratic media; quasi-phase-matched quadratic media; self-guided beams; self-phase modulation; solitary waves; Fourier series; Gratings; Mathematical model; Nonlinear equations; Nonlinear optics; Optical frequency conversion; Optical modulation; Photonics; Polarization; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1997. LEOS '97 10th Annual Meeting. Conference Proceedings., IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3895-2
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1997.645410
