Toward soliton emission in asymmetric GaAs/AlGaAs multiple-quantum-well waveguide structures below the half-bandgap

    Authors

    P. Dumais; A. Villeneuve; A. Saher-Helmy; J. S. Aitchison; L. Friedrich; R. A. Fuerst;G. I. Stegeman

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Opt. Lett.

    Keywords

    NONLINEAR WAVE-GUIDES; REFRACTIVE-INDEX; DIELECTRIC FILM; GAUSSIAN-BEAM; MEDIA; PROPAGATION; INTERFACES; REFLECTION; STABILITY; Optics

    Abstract

    We report what is to our knowledge the first experimental evidence of nonlinear beam displacement in a strip-loaded GaAs/AlGaAs multiple-quantum-well waveguide with an asymmetric, nonlinear cladding. An intensity-dependent spatial displacement of similar to 2 pm was observed for the guided mode at a wavelength of 1.55 mu m. Numerical simulations that correspond to the experiment are also presented. The device has the potential of providing a soliton-emission-based, ultrafast all-optical snitch. (C) 2000 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: 190.4420, 190.4390, 190.4360, 190.4310, 190.5970.

    Journal Title

    Optics Letters

    Volume

    25

    Issue/Number

    17

    Publication Date

    1-1-2000

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    1282

    Last Page

    1284

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000089045000020

    ISSN

    0146-9592

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