Slow light, induced dispersion, enhanced nonlinearity, and optical solitons in a resonator-array waveguide
Abstract
We describe an optical transmission line that consists of an array of wavelength-scale optical disk resonators coupled to an optical waveguide. Such a structure leads to exotic optical characteristics, including ultraslow group velocities of propagation, enhanced optical nonlinearities, and large dispersion with a controllable magnitude and sign. This device supports soliton propagation, which can be described by a generalized nonlinear Schrodinger equation.
- Publication:
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Physical Review E
- Pub Date:
- March 2002
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevE.65.036619
- Bibcode:
- 2002PhRvE..65c6619E
- Keywords:
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- 42.65.Wi;
- 42.65.Tg;
- 42.82.-m;
- Nonlinear waveguides;
- Optical solitons;
- nonlinear guided waves;
- Integrated optics