Title :
Spatial vector solitons consisting of counter-propagating mutually coherent fields
Author :
Cohen, Oren ; Carmon, Tal ; Segev, Mordechai
Author_Institution :
Phys. Dept., Solid State Inst., Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
We present the first experimental observation of a spatial vector soliton formed by counter-propagating mutually coherent optical fields. This vector soliton induces a waveguide and a thick grating within the waveguide, which can be used as a tunable optical waveguide filter.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; optical solitons; optical tuning; optical waveguide filters; counter-propagating mutual coherent field; spatial vector soliton; thick grating; tunable optical waveguide filter; Gratings; Holographic optical components; Holography; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical reflection; Optical solitons; Optical waveguide components; Optical waveguides; Waveguide components;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-748-2
