Title :
Multi-color spatial solitons through seeded optical parametric amplification tailored with chirped-period quasi-phase-matching gratings
Author :
Schober, Andrew M. ; Fejer, Martin M.
Author_Institution :
E. L Ginzton Lab., Stanford Univ., CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate the tailoring of quadratic spatial solitons using chirped gratings of periodically-poled lithium niobate, providing a method for creating solitons at large wavevector mismatch that are difficult to launch in uniform crystals.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; diffraction gratings; lithium compounds; optical materials; optical parametric amplifiers; optical solitons; LiNbO3; chirped-period quasiphase-matching gratings; multicolor spatial soliton; periodically-poled lithium niobate; quadratic spatial solitons; seeded optical parametric amplification; wavevector mismatch; Chirp; Frequency conversion; Gratings; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical propagation; Optical pumping; Optical solitons; Stationary state; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201670