Nonlinear Spectral-Spatial Control and Localization of Supercontinuum Radiation
Author(s) -
Dragomir N. Neshev,
Andrey A. Sukhorukov,
A. Dreischuh,
Robert Fischer,
Sangwoo Ha,
J. A. Bolger,
Lam Anh Bui,
Wiesław Królikowski,
Benjamin J. Eggleton,
Arnan Mitchell,
Michael W. Austin,
Yuri S. Kivshar
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
physical review letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.688
H-Index - 673
eISSN - 1079-7114
pISSN - 0031-9007
DOI - 10.1103/physrevlett.99.123901
Subject(s) - supercontinuum , optics , nonlinear system , diffraction , radiation , materials science , nonlinear optics , optoelectronics , physics , photonic crystal fiber , optical fiber , laser , quantum mechanics
We present the first observation of spatiospectral control and localization of supercontinuum light through the nonlinear interaction of spectral components in extended periodic structures. We use an array of optical waveguides in a LiNbO3 crystal and employ the interplay between diffraction and nonlinearity to dynamically control the output spectrum of the supercontinuum radiation. This effect presents an efficient scheme for optically tunable spectral filtering of supercontinua.
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