GRATING COUPLING OF LIGHT-PULSES INTO 3RD-ORDER NONLINEAR WAVE-GUIDES

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作者
ASSANTO, G
MARQUES, MB
STEGEMAN, GI
机构
[1] Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
[2] Center for Research in Electro-Optics and Lasers, Orlando, FL, 32826
[3] Centro de Fisica da Universidade do Porto, Instituto Nacional de InvestigÇgdo Cientificā, Porto
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10.1364/JOSAB.8.000553
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Distributed grating coupling of light pulses into planar waveguides, exhibiting third-order nonlinear-optical effects, is studied theoretically. The nonlinear interaction taking place between a beam that is Gaussian in time and space and one or more waveguide media with intensity-dependent refractive indexes or absorptions is analyzed, with emphasis on the different effects that result from the relative importance of two-photon absorption, dispersive index changes, and their saturation. Criteria for the evaluation of real and imaginary parts of chi-(3) by means of grating coupling are outlined.
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页数:9
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