Title :
Kerr spatial solitons at telecommunication wavelengths in AlGaAs
Author :
Coda, V. ; Maillotte, H. ; Chauvet, M. ; Salamo, G.J.
Author_Institution :
Lab. d´Opt. P.M. Duffieux, Univ. de Franche-Comte, Besancon, France
Abstract :
In our work, we report an experimental study on the generation and propagation of steerable bright spatial solitons in AlGaAs. The AlGaAs semiconductor exhibits a strong Kerr nonlinearity from bound electrons for photon energy just below half the band gap. Furthermore, we demonstrate that solitons can be obtained over a wide spectral range around 1.5 μm. Finally, we show that the solitons´ propagation direction can be controlled.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; beam steering; gallium arsenide; infrared spectra; optical Kerr effect; optical communication; optical solitons; telecommunication network routing; 1.5 micron; AlGaAs; AlGaAs semiconductor; Kerr spatial soliton; soliton propagation direction control; soliton steering; telecommunication wavelength; Diffraction; Electrons; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical pumping; Optical solitons; Optical waveguides; Photonic band gap; Routing; Telecommunication switching;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2003. CLEO/Europe. 2003 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7734-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2003.1312328
