Lorentzian model for nonlinear switching in a microresonator structure

We show that the optical response of two channel waveguides coupled by a microresonator is well described by a Lorentzian model. Using this model we derive a set of coupled differential equations that describe Kerr nonlinear optical pulse propagation and optical switching in systems coupled by a few...

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Published in:Optics communications 2002-11, Vol.213 (1), p.163-171
Main Authors: Chak, Philip, Sipe, J.E, Pereira, Suresh
Format: Article
Language:English
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Exact sciences and technology
Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications)
Microresonator
Nonlinear optics
Nonlinear pulse propagation
Optical bistability, multistability and switching, including local field effects
Optics
Physics
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Summary:We show that the optical response of two channel waveguides coupled by a microresonator is well described by a Lorentzian model. Using this model we derive a set of coupled differential equations that describe Kerr nonlinear optical pulse propagation and optical switching in systems coupled by a few microresonators. The equations are valid even when the pulse is within the gap of the structure.
ISSN:0030-4018
1873-0310
DOI:10.1016/S0030-4018(02)02045-X