chi((2)) cascading phenomena and their applications to all-optical signal processing, mode-locking, pulse compression and solitons

被引:495
作者
Stegeman, GI [1 ]
Hagan, DJ [1 ]
Torner, L [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV POLITECN CATALUNYA,DEPT SIGNAL THEORY & COMMUN,E-08080 BARCELONA,SPAIN
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10.1007/BF00698538
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Cascading is the process by which the exchange of energy between optical beams interacting via second order nonlinearities (chi((2))) leads to various effects such as nonlinear phase shifts, the generation of new beams, all-optical transistor action, the formation of soliton-like (solitary) waves, etc. Here we review the fundamentals of the processes and discuss experimental verification of the effects and various related applications.
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