FISSION AND SELF-DEFLECTION OF SPATIAL SOLITONS BY CASCADING

Authors
TORNER L TORRES JP MENYUK CR
Citation
L. Torner et al., FISSION AND SELF-DEFLECTION OF SPATIAL SOLITONS BY CASCADING, Optics letters, 21(7), 1996, pp. 462-464
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
21
Issue
7
Year of publication
1996
Pages
462 - 464
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1996)21:7<462:FASOSS>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
We study the propagation of intense light beams in a planar waveguide made of quadratic nonlinear material in a second-harmonic generation c onfiguration. We show numerically that under appropriate conditions in put beams break apart into spatial solitons that propagate in differen t directions, and we discuss the implications of such effects for the realization of an all-optical switching device. (C) 1996 Optical Socie ty of America