Title :
Spatio-temporal soliton-like waves in a self-defocusing AlGaAs slab waveguide
Author :
Belanger, H. ; Villeneuve, A. ; Stewart Aitchison, J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Phys., Laval Univ., Que., Canada
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Solitons can be bright or dark, temporal or spatial. Until now, several possibilities were observed. Bi-dimensional spatial solitonic waves have also been reported. We present the first observation, to our knowledge, of a spatiotemporal soliton-like wave in the Kerr medium of an AlGaAs slab optical waveguide.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; brightness; gallium arsenide; optical self-focusing; optical solitons; optical waveguides; AlGaAs; AlGaAs slab optical waveguide; Kerr medium; bi-dimensional spatial solitonic waves; self-defocusing AlGaAs slab waveguide; spatio-temporal soliton-like waves; spatiotemporal soliton-like wave; Autocorrelation; Diffraction; Etching; Optical pulses; Optimized production technology; Photonic band gap; Quantum cascade lasers; Shape; Slabs; Solitons;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 1999. QELS '99. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-576-X
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.1999.807447