Title :
Optomechanical self-channelling of light in freely suspended dual-planar-waveguide structure
Author :
Butsch, A. ; Biancalana, F. ; Conti, C. ; Russell, P. St J
Author_Institution :
Max Planck Inst. for the Sci. of Light, Erlangen, Germany
Abstract :
It is shown that optomechanical forces can cause nonlinear self-channelling of light in two parallel silica nanowebs suspended inside a fibre capillary. The effective optical nonlinearity is a million times higher than the Kerr effect.
Keywords :
optical Kerr effect; optical planar waveguides; Kerr effect; fibre capillary; freely suspended dual planar waveguide structure; nanowebs; optical nonlinearity; optomechanical forces; self channelling of light; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fibers; Optical solitons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
