Spatial modulational instability in one-dimensional lithium niobate slab waveguides

    Authors

    H. Fang; R. Malendevich; R. Schiek;G. I. Stegeman

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Opt. Lett.

    Keywords

    GENERATION; BEAMS; Optics

    Abstract

    We report an experimental study of the breakup through modulational instability of broad fundamental beams near the phase-matching condition for second-harmonic generation in lithium niobate slab waveguides. Two mechanisms for initiating modulational instability, waveguide imperfections and noise on the input beam, are identified. (C) 2000 Optical Society of America.

    Journal Title

    Optics Letters

    Volume

    25

    Issue/Number

    24

    Publication Date

    1-1-2000

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    1786

    Last Page

    1788

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000165814600014

    ISSN

    0146-9592

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