Title :
Light propagation in optical anti-guiding structures with Kerr-like nonlinearity
Author :
Romanova, E.A. ; Melnikov, L.A. ; Bekker, E.V.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Saratov State Univ., Russia
Abstract :
Propagation of light beams along graded-index and step-index anti-guiding structures is studied in comparison with the propagation along the conventional fibers and free space propagation. Kerr-like nonlinearity is taken into consideration. Self-focusing of the light beams is shown to depend on the matching conditions of the structures. Nonlinear narrowing of the beams occurs to be more effective in the anti-guiding structures
Keywords :
optical Kerr effect; optical self-focusing; optical waveguide theory; optical waveguides; Kerr-like nonlinearity; anti-guiding structures; free space propagation; graded-index anti-guiding structures; light propagation; matching conditions; nonlinear beam narrowing; optical anti-guiding structures; self-focusing; step-index anti-guiding structures; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical propagation; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Physics; Refractive index; Region 8;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 1999. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kielce
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5637-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.1999.781897
