• DocumentCode
    1745758
  • Title

    All-optical limiting using an antisymmetric nonlinear coupler

  • Author

    Wang, Youfa ; Lee, Ching-Kwang

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Inst., Singapore
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    2000
  • Firstpage
    697
  • Lastpage
    700
  • Abstract
    One unique feature has been demonstrated in the antisymmetric nonlinear coupler composed of one self-focusing core and one self-defocusing core, that is, power transfer does occur when it is excited by two input beams with in-phase and equal amplitudes. Optical limiting application of the antisymmetric nonlinear coupler is proposed. The limiting threshold and the limiting output is tunable
  • Keywords
    optical directional couplers; optical limiters; optical self-focusing; all-optical limiting; antisymmetric nonlinear directional coupler; power transfer; self-defocusing core; self-focusing core; Directional couplers; Logic; Nonlinear equations; Nonlinear optics; Optical coupling; Optical waveguides; Propagation losses; Quantum cellular automata; Reliability theory; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Conference, 2000 Asia-Pacific
  • Conference_Location
    Sydney, NSW
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6435-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APMC.2000.925928
  • Filename
    925928