Title :
Pulse power limiting in a waveguide with non-linear Bragg grating
Author :
Becker, E.V. ; Benson, T.M. ; Sewell, P. ; Romanova, E.A. ; Melnikov, L.A.
Author_Institution :
Saratov State Univ., Russia
Abstract :
The limiting operation of a waveguide with non-linear Bragg grating embedded is demonstrated via numerical simulations of pulse propagation through the structure. The time-domain beam propagation method is applied to solve the scalar wave equation for the pulse envelope
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; nonlinear optics; numerical analysis; optical waveguide theory; time-domain analysis; wave equations; linear refractive index; nonlinear Bragg grating; numerical simulations; optical communications; pulse envelope; pulse power limiting; pulse propagation; scalar wave equation solution; single-mode slab waveguide; step-index profile; time-domain beam propagation method; waveguide; Bragg gratings; Limiting; Numerical simulation; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Partial differential equations; Refractive index; Space vector pulse width modulation; Time domain analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2001. Proceedings of 2001 3rd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cracow
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7096-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2001.934716
