Title

Measurement of modulational instability gain of second-order nonlinear optical eigenmodes in a one-dimensional system

Authors

Authors

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

Abbreviated Journal Title

Phys. Rev. Lett.

Keywords

2ND-HARMONIC GENERATION; REPETITION-RATE; WAVE-GUIDES; LIGHT-BEAMS; MEDIA; PROPAGATION; SOLITONS; BREAKUP; PULSES; FIBERS; Physics, Multidisciplinary

Abstract

We have investigated the amplification of a spatially periodic perturbation applied to a wide fundamental beam launched near phase matching for second-harmonic generation in a lithium niobate film waveguide. We measured the gain coefficient for the modulational instability of quadratic eigenmodes as a function of periodicity, intensity, and wave-vector mismatch. Excellent agreement with theory was obtained.

Journal Title

Physical Review Letters

Volume

86

Issue/Number

20

Publication Date

1-1-2001

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

4528

Last Page

4531

WOS Identifier

WOS:000168623500026

ISSN

0031-9007

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