Title :
Spatial soliton-induced guiding by cross-phase modulation
Author :
de la Fuente, R. ; Barthelemy, Alain
Author_Institution :
Facultad de Fisicas, Santiago de Compostela Univ., Spain
fDate :
2/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors show that spatial solitons are able to induce the stable guiding of a weak probe beam in a homogeneous Kerr-type nonlinear media through cross-phase modulation (XPM). The modes of the induced waveguide are derived from the propagation equation of the probe. Experiments have been performed in Kerr liquid CS2, with beams of picosecond duration at infrared and visible wavelengths. Stable guiding of a green probe induced by an IR soliton beam has been demonstrated in several different experimental situations. Induced antiguiding and beam splitting are also reported for pump and probe of perpendicular polarizations. All results are in excellent agreement with numerical simulations of the propagation
Keywords :
carbon compounds; high-speed optical techniques; optical Kerr effect; optical modulation; optical pumping; optical waveguides; phase modulation; solitons; CS2; IR soliton beam; Kerr liquid; antiguiding; beam splitting; cross-phase modulation; green probe; homogeneous Kerr-type nonlinear media; induced waveguide; numerical simulations; perpendicular polarizations; picosecond duration; probe; propagation equation; pump; soliton-induced guiding; spatial solitons; stable guiding; visible wavelengths; weak probe beam; Laser beams; Nonlinear equations; Numerical simulation; Optical modulation; Optical propagation; Polarization; Probes; Pulse shaping methods; Refractive index; Solitons;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
