Trapping of light beams and formation of spatial solitary waves in quadratic nonlinear media

Author

Torner, L. ; Torruellas, W.E. ; Stegeman, G.I. ; Menyuk, Curtis R. ; Wright, Ewan M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Signal Theory & Commun., Polytech. Univ. of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain

fYear

1996

fDate

7-7 June 1996

Firstpage

178

Abstract

Summary form only given. In this paper we report the outcome of our comprehensive investigations to study the dynamics of the beam trapping in both bulk crystals and optical planar waveguides made of quadratic nonlinear media in second-harmonic generation configurations. We address and discuss the suitable experimental conditions required to form spatial solitary waves in critical phase-matching and quasi-phase-matching settings.

Keywords

nonlinear optics; optical harmonic generation; optical planar waveguides; optical solitons; optical waveguide theory; bulk crystals; critical phase-matching; light beam trapping; optical planar waveguides; quadratic nonlinear media; quasi-phase-matching settings; second-harmonic generation configurations; spatial solitary wave formation; spatial solitary waves; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical scattering; Phonons; Polarization; Probes; Raman scattering; Resonance light scattering; Solitons; Tensile stress;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 1996. QELS '96., Summaries of Papers Presented at the

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-444-0

Type

conf

Filename

865737