Soliton-based Y-branch in photorefractive crystals induced through dispersion-shifted optical fiber
Optics Letters, Vol. 28, Issue 17, pp. 1561-1563 (2003)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.28.001561
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Abstract
We experimentally demonstrate for what is believed to be the first time that a dispersion-shifted fiber can be used to electro-optically induce a soliton Y-branch structure in a photorefractive centrosymmetric paraelectric crystal (potassium lithium tantalate niobate). The application of a nonstaionary external bias field enables us to stabilize the spatially partially coherent behavior of the optical beam at the fiber output. Furthermore, we show the switching capabilities of this soliton-based device in the optical communication field guiding a probe beam at a nonphotorefractive wavelength (1557 nm).
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OCIS Codes
(190.4420) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, transverse effects in
(190.5330) Nonlinear optics : Photorefractive optics
(190.5530) Nonlinear optics : Pulse propagation and temporal solitons
Citation
Giorgio Maria Tosi-Beleffi, Franco Curti, Danilo Boschi, Claudio Palma, and Aharon J. Agranat, "Soliton-based Y-branch in photorefractive crystals induced through dispersion-shifted optical fiber," Opt. Lett. 28, 1561-1563 (2003)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-28-17-1561
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