Title :
Spatial supercontinuum generation in nonlinear photonic lattices
Author :
Manela, Ofer ; Bartal, Guy ; Buljan, Hrvoje ; Segev, Mordechai
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Solid State Inst., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa
Abstract :
We show that two Bloch modes launched into a nonlinear photonic lattice can evolve into a supercontinuum of spatial frequencies, exhibiting a sensitive dependence on the momentum difference of the two initially excited modes.
Keywords :
optical lattices; supercontinuum generation; Bloch modes; excited modes; nonlinear photonic lattices; spatial frequencies; spatial supercontinuum generation; Frequency; Lattices; Nonlinear equations; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Photonics Society; Physics; Refractive index; Solid state circuits; Supercontinuum generation; (190.4380) Nonlinear optics, four-wave mixing; (190.4420) Nonlinear optics, transverse effects in;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4629047
