Spatial switching of solitary waves in KTP

Author

Lawrence, Brian ; Fuerst, Russell ; Torruellas, W. ; Stegeman, George ; Assanto, Gaetano

Author_Institution

CREOL, Central Florida Univ., Orlando, FL, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1996

fDate

18-21 Nov. 1996

Firstpage

16

Abstract

Here, the stable beams are a result of strongly coupled interacting waves. Indeed, the use of second-order effects has proven sucessful in stabilizing 2D beams in KTP both experimentally and in numerical simulations of beam propagation. We discuss experimental demonstrations of 2D spatial solitary waves, and the application of these beams to the practical problems of spatial beam clean-up and all-optical switching.

Keywords

optical Kerr effect; optical materials; optical solitons; optical switches; potassium compounds; stability; 2D beam stabilisation; 2D spatial solitary waves; KTiOPO/sub 4/; all-optical switching; beam propagation; numerical simulations; second-order effects; solitary waves; spatial beam clean-up; spatial switching; stable beams; strongly coupled interacting waves; Apertures; Frequency conversion; Nonlinear optics; Optical coupling; Optical diffraction; Optical materials; Phase change materials; Photorefractive effect; Photorefractive materials; Polarization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1996. LEOS 96., IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3160-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1996.571526

Filename

571526