Nonlinear wave interactions in patterned Silica and AlGaAs waveguides

• Authors: Yoav Linzon , Boris Malomed , Michael Zaezjev , Roberto Morandotti , Maite Volatier , Vincent Aimez , Richard Ares , Shimshon Bar-Ad
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

We study nonlinear interactions between discrete optical solitons that propagate in different regimes of diffraction, and the nonlinear scattering of dispersive waves by local optical potentials. It is well known in optics that when linear coherent waves meet, they interfere without interactions. Linear waves also scatter through local optical structures not exchanging any power with the guided modes of these structures. As a focusing Kerr nonlinearity is present, such linearly-inhibited phenomena can exist. Our studies are performed in silica and AlGaAs nonlinear waveguides, excited by ultra-short pulses in the near infrared.

Keywords

EN

nonlinear waveguides; discrete solitons; nonlinear interactions; wave scattering; wave trapping

Discipline

• 42.65.Tg: Optical solitons; nonlinear guided waves(for solitons in fibers, see 42.81.Dp)
• 42.65.Sf: Dynamics of nonlinear optical systems; optical instabilities, optical chaos and complexity, and optical spatio-temporal dynamics
• 52.35.Mw: Nonlinear phenomena: waves, wave propagation, and other interactions (including parametric effects, mode coupling, ponderomotive effects, etc.)
• 42.25.Fx: Diffraction and scattering

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Physics
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 555-562

Dates

published

1 - 9 - 2008

online

17 - 7 - 2008

Contributors

author

Yoav Linzon

• School of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, 69978, Israel

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Boris Malomed

• Department of Physical Electronics, Faculty of Engineering, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, 69978, Israel

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Michael Zaezjev

• Université du Quebec, Institute National de la Recherche Scientifique, Varennes, Quebec, J3X 1S2, Canada

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Roberto Morandotti

• Université du Quebec, Institute National de la Recherche Scientifique, Varennes, Quebec, J3X 1S2, Canada

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Maite Volatier

• Centre de Recherche en Nanofabrication et en Nanocaracterisation (CRN), Universite de Sherbrooke, 2500 Boulevard Universite, Sherbrooke, J1K2R1, Qc, Canada

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Vincent Aimez

• Centre de Recherche en Nanofabrication et en Nanocaracterisation (CRN), Universite de Sherbrooke, 2500 Boulevard Universite, Sherbrooke, J1K2R1, Qc, Canada

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Richard Ares

• Centre de Recherche en Nanofabrication et en Nanocaracterisation (CRN), Universite de Sherbrooke, 2500 Boulevard Universite, Sherbrooke, J1K2R1, Qc, Canada

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Shimshon Bar-Ad

• School of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, 69978, Israel

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11534-008-0043-z