Title :
Directional coupler using soliton-induced waveguides
Author :
Lan, S. ; DelRe, E. ; Chen, Z. ; Shih, M. ; Segev, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., NJ, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Among the various types of spatial solitons, photorefractive solitons appear to be rather unique because they form at /spl mu/Watt optical power levels and the photorefractive effects are wavelength-sensitive, which means that a soliton formed by a low power beam can guide an intense beam of a less photosensitive wavelength. In this paper we propose and demonstrate experimentally that we can use two photorefractive soliton-induced waveguides to make a directional coupler.
Keywords :
optical directional couplers; optical solitons; optical waveguides; photorefractive materials; /spl mu/Watt optical power levels; SrBaNb/sub 2/O/sub 6/; intense beam guiding; less photosensitive wavelength; low power beam; optical directional coupler; photorefractive effects; photorefractive soliton-induced waveguides; photorefractive solitons; soliton-induced waveguides; spatial solitons; wavelength-sensitive; Delay; Directional couplers; Laser beams; Optical beams; Optical control; Optical solitons; Optical waveguides; Optimized production technology; Photorefractive effect; Vectors;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-595-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.1999.834563
