Title :
Optical bullet trains via modulation instability in nonlocal solitons
Author :
Peccianti, M. ; Burgess, I.B. ; Assanto, G. ; Morandotti, R.
Author_Institution :
INRS Energie, Mater. et Telecommun., Varennes, QC, Canada
Abstract :
We introduce a feasible approach to obtaining dense light-bullets trains in nonlocal nonlinear dielectrics, such as nematic liquid crystals, thanks to the interplay between local and nonlocal nonlinearities and the temporal modulation instability.
Keywords :
Liquid crystals; Nonlinear optics; Optical modulation; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Optical signal processing; Optical solitons; Pulse width modulation; Sociotechnical systems; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
