Beam steering and routing in quadratic nonlinear media
Author(s) -
Alejandro B. Aceves,
María C. Santos,
Lluís Torner
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/472894
Subject(s) - quadratic equation , nonlinear system , routing (electronic design automation) , beam (structure) , modulation (music) , physics , beam steering , harmonic , phase (matter) , phase modulation , nonlinear optics , optics , computer science , telecommunications , electronic engineering , mathematics , engineering , acoustics , quantum mechanics , geometry
We show how the spatial phase modulation of weak second-harmonic signals controls the overall direction of propagation of spatial solitons in quadratic nonlinear media. We investigate numerically such a process and discuss its applications to all-optical beam routing. 5 refs., 3 figs
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