C Bostock
Two-colour spatial optical solitons:
new stability analyses for off-axis propagation
Bostock, C; Christian, JM; McDonald, GS
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Dr James Christian J.Christian@salford.ac.uk
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Dr Graham McDonald G.S.McDonald@salford.ac.uk
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Abstract
Two-colour spatial optical solitons comprise a pair of stationary continuous-wave light beams at two well-separated temporal frequencies. The components overlap in the propagation plane and are coupled through system nonlinearity (e.g., the Kerr-type response in the host material of a planar waveguide) [Opt. Commun. 88, 419 (1992)]. Such configurations have huge potential for future photonic device applications such as multi-channel waveguiding [Opt. Lett. 19, 945 (1994)]. To date, analyses of such geometries have been mainly within the arena of paraxial wave optics.
Our research goes beyond the slowly-varying envelope approximation, into regimes where two-colour light fields may propagate and interact off-axis at arbitrary angles and orientations. The coupled governing equations are of the nonlinear Helmholtz (as opposed to Schrödinger) type [Phys. Rev. E 74, 066612 (2006)]. In an essential way, this more general system involves the interplay between nonlinear (self- and cross-focusing) processes and, crucially, fully two-dimensional diffraction.
We will present the first analysis of off-axis two-colour light fields. Four families of exact analytical two-colour soliton (bright-bright and bright-dark for a focusing Kerr nonlinearity; dark-bright and dark-dark for defocusing) have been derived, each of which has co- and counter-propagation classes that are related by geometrical transformations. Solution of the plane wave modulational instability problem, obtained by generalizing our established Helmholtz linearization techniques [J. Phys. A 39, 1535 (2006)] to vector regimes, has provided further insight into the propagation properties of those two-colour solitons with dark-type components. Unexpected regions of stability, mediated by cross-focusing, have been uncovered in certain parameter regimes.
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new stability analyses for off-axis propagation. Presented at National Photonics Conference, Photon12, University of Durham, UK
Presentation Conference Type | Other |
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Conference Name | National Photonics Conference, Photon12 |
Conference Location | University of Durham, UK |
Publication Date | Jan 1, 2012 |
Deposit Date | Jul 17, 2012 |
Publicly Available Date | Apr 5, 2016 |
Publisher URL | http://www.photon.org.uk/home |
Additional Information | Event Type : Conference |
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