Title :
Soliton-induced waveguides in a photorefractive organic glass
Author :
Asaro, Marcus ; Sheldon, Michael ; Chen, Zhigang ; Ostroverkhova, Oksana ; Moerner, W.E. ; He, Meng ; Twieg, R.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., San Francisco State Univ., CA
Abstract :
We observe guidance of a probe beam at 980 nm by a soliton beam at 780 nm in an organic photorefractive monolithic glass, owing to the orientationally enhanced photorefractive nonlinearity of the material. We demonstrate both planar waveguides induced by soliton stripes and circular waveguides induced by two-dimensional solitons
Keywords :
optical glass; optical planar waveguides; optical solitons; organic compounds; photorefractive materials; 780 nm; 980 nm; circular waveguides; organic monolithic glass; orientationally enhanced photorefractive nonlinearity; photorefractive monolithic glass; photorefractive organic glass; planar waveguides; probe beam; soliton beam; soliton stripes; soliton-induced waveguides; two-dimensional solitons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
