Effects of saturation and asymmetrical distribution of nonlinearity on nonlinear directional couplers

David Artigas; Victor F. Dios; Fernando Canal Bienzobas

doi:10.1117/12.185150

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25 August 1994 Effects of saturation and asymmetrical distribution of nonlinearity on nonlinear directional couplers

David Artigas, Victor F. Dios, Fernando Canal Bienzobas

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Proceedings Volume 2212, Linear and Nonlinear Integrated Optics; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.185150
Event: Integrated Optoelectronics '94, 1994, Lindau, Germany

Abstract

The nonlinear directional coupler is analyzed in the presence of asymmetrically distributed and saturable nonlinear refractive index. We make use of the linear supermodes of the structure and phase-space techniques, which allows to obtain the main features of its behavior, without the need of solving the coupled mode equations.

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David Artigas, Victor F. Dios, and Fernando Canal Bienzobas "Effects of saturation and asymmetrical distribution of nonlinearity on nonlinear directional couplers", Proc. SPIE 2212, Linear and Nonlinear Integrated Optics, (25 August 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.185150

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