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Third-order nonlinear guided-wave optical devices

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Part of the book series: Engineering Aspects of Lasers Series ((EALS,volume 49))

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The efficiency of most nonlinear optical interactions is dependent on the power densities of the interacting light waves and the length over which the interaction is sustained. When the interaction is induced in a bulk sample of a material, high power density is usually achieved by bringing the incident laser beam, or beams, to a focus within the sample. Focusing to smallest spot sizes produces highest power densities, but the more strongly focused the beam, the more rapidly it diverges from the focus. Natural diffraction spreading limits the length over which a given power density can be maintained and thereby limits the achievable nonlinear interaction efficiency. This limitation may be overcome by carrying out the interaction in an optical waveguide. By confining the interacting light waves in a waveguide of small cross-sectional dimensions, typically of the order of the wavelength, very high power densities can be achieved from sources of relatively moderate power and can be maintained over long propagation distances.

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    Robert W. Eason (Senior Lecturer in Optics) (Senior Lecturer in Optics)

  2. Center for Research in Electro-Optics and Lasers, University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA

    Alan Miller (Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering) (Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering)

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Bennion, I., Goodwin, M.J. (1993). Third-order nonlinear guided-wave optical devices. In: Eason, R.W., Miller, A. (eds) Nonlinear Optics in Signal Processing. Engineering Aspects of Lasers Series, vol 49. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1560-5_8

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