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  • Vol. 17, Iss. 7 — Mar. 30, 2009
  • pp: 5879–5884

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Coupling induced anomalous group velocity dispersion in nonlinear arrays of silicon photonic wires

Christopher J. Benton and Dmitry V. Skryabin  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 17, Issue 7, pp. 5879-5884 (2009)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.005879


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Abstract

We demonstrate that the group velocity dispersion (GVD) of the supermodes in a small array of silicon photonic wires can differ dramatically from the single wire GVD. This enables soliton propagation and modulational instability to be seen at wavelengths where single wires have strongly normal GVD.

© 2009 Optical Society of America

OCIS Codes
(050.1940) Diffraction and gratings : Diffraction
(130.5990) Integrated optics : Semiconductors
(190.5530) Nonlinear optics : Pulse propagation and temporal solitons
(080.1238) Geometric optics : Array waveguide devices

ToC Category:
Nonlinear Optics

History
Original Manuscript: February 17, 2009
Revised Manuscript: March 17, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: March 24, 2009
Published: March 26, 2009

Citation
Christopher J. Benton and Dmitry V. Skryabin, "Coupling induced anomalous group velocity dispersion in nonlinear arrays of silicon photonic wires," Opt. Express 17, 5879-5884 (2009)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-17-7-5879


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