Title :
Optical pulse self-processing in nonlinear periodic systems
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Toronto Univ., Ont., Canada
Abstract :
We review progress in periodically nonlinear devices for optical signal processing. We focus on applications in pulse reshaping including optical limiting. We discuss the design of devices towards a specific application and identify the properties of materials and structures needed to implement these objectives.
Keywords :
nonlinear optics; optical Kerr effect; optical information processing; optical solitons; Kerr devices; optical limiting; optical signal processing; periodically nonlinear devices; pulse reshaping; soliton-based signal processing; Nonlinear optics; Optical Kerr effect; Optical data processing; Optical solitons;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics, 2002. International Topical Meeting on
Print_ISBN :
4-88552-187-4
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.2002.1158939
