Title :
Localization and delocalization in disordered nonlinear fiber arrays
Author :
Lederer, Falk ; Pertsch, Thomas ; Peschel, Ulf ; Kobelke, Jens ; Schuster, Kay ; Bart, Hartmut ; Nolte, Stefan ; Tunnermann, Andreas
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Festkorpertheorie und Theor. Optik, Friedrich-Schiller-Univ., Jena, Germany
Abstract :
We experimentally investigate the nonlinear field evolution in a disordered two-dimensional array of mutually interacting optical fibers. The diffusive propagation of linear fields is nonlinearly modified resulting in power controlled localization and delocalization.
Keywords :
nonlinear optics; optical arrays; optical fibres; delocalization; diffusive linear field propagation; disordered nonlinear fiber arrays; localization;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
