Dynamic, electronically controlled angle steering of spatial solitons in AlGaAs slab waveguides

被引：35

作者：

Friedrich, L

Stegeman, GI

Millar, P

Hamilton, CJ

Aitchison, JS

机构：

[1] Univ Cent Florida, Ctr Res Opt & Lasers, Orlando, FL 32816 USA

[2] Univ Glasgow, Dept Elect & Elect Engn, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Lanark, Scotland

来源：

OPTICS LETTERS | 1998年 / 23卷 / 18期

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D O I：

10.1364/OL.23.001438

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We demonstrate experimentally that spatial solitons in AlGaAs slab waveguides can be deflected by an electronically induced prism. We also show that a weak signal beam can be guided and steered by the solitons, thus demonstrating the feasibility of a dynamically reconfigurable optical interconnect. (C) 1998 Optical Society of America.

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页码：1438 / 1440

页数：3

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