Title :
Phase transitions of nonlinear waves in lithium niobate waveguide arrays
Author :
Setzpfandt, F. ; Sukhorukov, A.A. ; Neshev, D.N. ; Schiek, R. ; Kivshar, Y.S. ; Pertsch, T.
Author_Institution :
Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena, Jena, Germany
Abstract :
We study two-color parametric nonlinear modes in waveguide arrays with quadratic nonlinear response. We predict theoretically and observe experimentally a new type of phase transition in nonlinear lattices accompanied by an abrupt power-controlled change of the staggered mode structure due to an interplay of localization and synchronization in para-metrically driven discrete systems.
Keywords :
arrayed waveguide gratings; optical lattices; nonlinear lattices; nonlinear waves; parametrically driven discrete systems; quadratic nonlinear response; two-color parametric nonlinear modes; waveguide arrays; Couplings; Lattices; Nonlinear optics; Optical solitons; Optical waveguides; Phased arrays; nonlinear dynamics; parametric interactions;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT), 2010 35th Australian Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929950
