All-optical switching by spatial walkoff compensation and solitary-wave locking

We demonstrate a novel approach to phase insensitive, all-optical steering and switching based on an intensity-induced change in the propagation direction of multidimensional spatial solitary waves in bulk, birefringent, quadratic nonlinear media. Our demonstration is based on second-harmonic genera...

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Published in:Applied physics letters 1996-03, Vol.68 (11), p.1449-1451
Main Authors: Torruellas, William E., Assanto, Gaetano, Lawrence, Brian L., Fuerst, Russell A., Stegeman, George I.
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Language:English
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Summary:We demonstrate a novel approach to phase insensitive, all-optical steering and switching based on an intensity-induced change in the propagation direction of multidimensional spatial solitary waves in bulk, birefringent, quadratic nonlinear media. Our demonstration is based on second-harmonic generation in a KTP crystal. Compensation for the lateral displacements due to walkoff in SHG is observed.
ISSN:0003-6951
1077-3118
DOI:10.1063/1.116250