DocumentCode
886320
Title
Observation of spatial solitons in AlGaAs waveguides
Author
Aitchison, J.S. ; Al-hemyari, Kadhair ; Ironside, C.N. ; Sibbett, W.
Author_Institution
Glasgow Univ., UK
Volume
28
Issue
20
fYear
1992
Firstpage
1879
Lastpage
1880
Abstract
The first observation of spatial optical solitons in the semiconductor AlGaAs is reported. Operating in the spectral region close to half the bandgap allows the positive nonlinearity of the semiconductor to be fully used, while minimising the effects of two-photon absorption.
Keywords
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; nonlinear optics; optical waveguides; solitons; AlGaAs waveguides; AlGaAs-GaAs; GaAs substrate; positive nonlinearity; spatial optical solitons; two-photon absorption;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19921203
Filename
161229
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