• DocumentCode
    447846
  • Title

    Multi-color spatial solitons through seeded optical parametric amplification tailored with chirped-period quasi-phase-matching gratings

  • Author

    Schober, Andrew M. ; Fejer, Martin M.

  • Author_Institution
    E. L Ginzton Lab., Stanford Univ., CA, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    41
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate the tailoring of quadratic spatial solitons using chirped gratings of periodically-poled lithium niobate, providing a method for creating solitons at large wavevector mismatch that are difficult to launch in uniform crystals.
  • Keywords
    chirp modulation; diffraction gratings; lithium compounds; optical materials; optical parametric amplifiers; optical solitons; LiNbO3; chirped-period quasiphase-matching gratings; multicolor spatial soliton; periodically-poled lithium niobate; quadratic spatial solitons; seeded optical parametric amplification; wavevector mismatch; Chirp; Frequency conversion; Gratings; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical propagation; Optical pumping; Optical solitons; Stationary state; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-795-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2005.201670
  • Filename
    1572736