Title :
Optical limiting and spectral stabilization in segmented photonic lattices
Author :
Heinrich, M. ; Eilenberger, Falk ; Keil, R. ; Dreisow, F. ; Suran, Eric ; Louradour, Frederic ; Tunnermann, Andreas ; Pertsch, Thomas ; Nolte, S. ; Szameit, A.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Opt. & Photonics, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate photonic lattices with segmentation-based linear self imaging as integrated optical limiters. The diffractive propagation between input and output port offers the additional benefit of substantially decreased nonlinear spectral distortions.
Keywords :
integrated optics; light diffraction; optical lattices; optical limiters; diffractive propagation; input port; integrated optical limiters; nonlinear spectral distortions; output port; segmentation-based linear self imaging; segmented photonic lattices; spectral stabilization; Image segmentation; Imaging; Lattices; Nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical waveguides; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
