DIRECTIONAL-COUPLERS COMPOSED OF NON-KERR-LAW MATERIAL

被引:8
作者
MITCHELL, DJ
CHEN, YJ
SNYDER, AW
机构
[1] Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University, Canberra
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10.1364/OL.15.000535
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
The effects on propagation in directional couplers made of non-Kerr-law material are examined. Many unstable modes can exist at one input power level, in contrast to only one for Kerr-law material. Special design features are possible by tailoring the dependence of the refractive index on intensity. © 1990 Optical Society of America.
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