Method for generating solitons sustained by competing nonlinearities by use of optical rectification

We put forward a method for generating engineerable competing quadratic and cubic nonlinearities in suitable settings in which frequency generation is accompanied by optical rectification. The novel scheme is based on the full exploitation of the geometrical conditions that determine the magnitude o...

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Published in:Optics letters 2002-09, Vol.27 (18), p.1631-1633
Main Authors: Torres, Juan P, Palacios, Sergio L, Torner, Lluis, Crasovan, Lucian-Cornel, Mihalache, Dumitru, Biaggio, Ivan
Format: Article
Language:English
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Comunicacions òptiques
Enginyeria de la telecomunicació
Optical communications
Telecomunicació òptica
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC
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Summary:We put forward a method for generating engineerable competing quadratic and cubic nonlinearities in suitable settings in which frequency generation is accompanied by optical rectification. The novel scheme is based on the full exploitation of the geometrical conditions that determine the magnitude of the rectified fields and translates the different orientations of an elliptical pump beam into tunable nonlinearities, which can be used to act on the spectral composition and overall features of optical solitons.
ISSN:0146-9592
1539-4794
DOI:10.1364/OL.27.001631