Nonlinear propagation effects in an AlGaAs Bragg grating filter

Authors
Millar, P De la Rue, RM Krauss, TF Aitchison, JS Broderick, NGR Richardson, DJ
Citation
P. Millar et al., Nonlinear propagation effects in an AlGaAs Bragg grating filter, OPTICS LETT, 24(10), 1999, pp. 685-687
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
01469592 → ACNP
Volume
24
Issue
10
Year of publication
1999
Pages
685 - 687
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(19990515)24:10<685:NPEIAA>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
We present experimental observations of nonlinear propagation effects in an integrated AlGaAs waveguide filter. We demonstrate pulse shaping, pulse co mpression, and the production of gap solitons within the stop band of the g rating for switching powers of similar to 130 W. This nonlinear behavior is associated with the counterbalancing effects of self-phase modulation and the large dispersion effects introduced by the grating itself. (C) 1999 Opt ical Society of America OCIS codes: 230.1360, 230.1150, 230.4320, 130.4310, 190.4360, 050.2770.