Title :
Space-time locking via parametric interaction
Author :
Baronio, Fabio ; Angelis, Constantino De ; Pioger, Paul-Henri ; Couderc, Vincent ; Barthé, Alain ; Min, Yoohong ; Quiring, Victor ; Sohler, Wolfgang
Author_Institution :
Inst. Nazionale per la Fisica delle Materia, Brescia Univ., Italy
Abstract :
We present a numerical study of a time locking between fundamental and harmonic pulses despite a strong group velocity mismatch in quadratic nonlinear material during spatial self-trapped propagation. Experimental evidence of such effect is reported.
Keywords :
lithium compounds; optical materials; optical phase matching; optical solitons; radiation pressure; LiNbO3; fundamental pulse; group velocity mismatch; harmonic pulses; parametric interaction; quadratic nonlinear material; space-time locking; spatial self-trapped propagation; time locking; Finite difference methods; Lithium niobate; Mutual coupling; Numerical simulation; Optical coupling; Phase distortion; Planar waveguides; Slabs; Solitons; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7888-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2003.1252890
