Title :
Dispersion of nonlinearity and modulation instability in subwavelength semiconductor waveguides
Author :
Gorbach, A.V. ; Zhao, Xingang ; Skryabin, D.V.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Photonics & Photonic Mater., Univ. of Bath, Bath, UK
Abstract :
We demonstrate that strong dispersion of nonlinearity in subwavelength waveguides can lead to the modulational instability in the regime of normal group velocity dispersion through the mechanism independent from higher order dispersions of linear waves.
Keywords :
nonlinear optics; optical dispersion; optical modulation; optical waveguide theory; higher order dispersion; linear waves; modulational instability; nonlinearity dispersion; normal group velocity dispersion; subwavelength semiconductor waveguides; Dispersion; Frequency modulation; Mathematical model; Nonlinear optics; Optical waveguides; Semiconductor waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
