Nonlinear self-switching and multiple gap-soliton formation in a fiber Bragg grating

Taverner, D.; Broderick, Neil G. R.; Richardson, David J.; Laming, R.I.; Ibsen, M.

doi:10.1364/ol.23.000328

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“…Numerical studies of gap-soliton generation and switching in finite periodically modulated dielectrics is presented in Refs. [321][322][323] and nonlinear self-switching in periodic PBG materials has been demonstrated experimentally [324,325].…”

Section: Centro-symmetric Constituent Materialsmentioning

confidence: 89%

Periodic nanostructures for photonics

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Periodic nanostructures in photonics facilitate a far-reaching control of light propagation and light-matter interaction. This article reviews the current status of this subject, including both recent progress and well-established results. The primary focus is on the basic physical principles and potential applications associated with the existence of Bragg scattering, photonic band structures, and engineered effective-medium properties in periodic dielectric and metallo-dielectric systems. In addition, we discuss advantages and limitations of various theoretical and numerical approaches as well as of those fabrication techniques that have specifically been developed for this field.

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Section: Centro-symmetric Constituent Materialsmentioning

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“…The gap soliton propagation through a grated optical fiber was manifested in recent experiments [31,32,33,34]. The results of [34] are of particular interest: there the multiple gap soliton formation was observed.…”

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confidence: 94%

“…In view of recent experimental observation [34] of the multiple gap soliton formation in optical fibers with index grating, it is important to have an analytical approach for decription of interaction of optical gap solitons. In this paper an analytical approach is developed for the train interaction/propagation of gap solitons: the adiabatic propagation of N gap solitons with nearly equal amplitudes and velocities is governed by a generalised complex Toda chain with N nodes.…”

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Interaction ofNsolitons in the massive Thirring model and optical gap system: The complex Toda chain model

Shchesnovich

2002

Phys. Rev. E

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Using the Karpman-Solov'ev quasiparticle approach for soliton-soliton interaction I show that the train propagation of N well separated solitons of the massive Thirring model is described by the complex Toda chain with N nodes. For the optical gap system a generalised (non-integrable) complex Toda chain is derived for description of the train propagation of well separated gap solitons.These results are in favor of the recently proposed conjecture of universality of the complex Toda chain.

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“…However, radiation pressure, originating from reflection in fiber Bragg gratings, has received less attention because this pressure has limited impact on the relatively large mass of conventional gratings. Even optical nonlinear behavior -such as optical bistability and self-switching [12][13][14][15][16][17][18] is also difficult to observe under continuous-wave (CW) or quasi-CW excitation because the extremely high threshold power, which -without optimization -amounts to ~10 4 W. However, MNFs open new opportunities for research. With the emergence of low-loss MNFs, numerous techniques to inscribe gratings into MNFs have been successfully demonstrated over the past five years, for example, processing with an ultraviolet laser [19], a CO 2 laser [20], and a femtosecond laser [21]; and milling with a focused ion beam (FIB) [22].…”

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Reconfigurable optical-force-drive chirp and delay line in micro- or nanofiber Bragg grating

Luo

2015

Phys. Rev. A

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The emergence of optical micro/nano-fiber (MNF) with a subwavelength diameter, which has ultra-light mass and an intense light field, brings an opportunity for develop fiber based optomechanical systems. In this study, we theoretically show an optomechanical effect in silica MNF Bragg gratings (MNFBGs). The light-induced mechanical effect results in continuously distributed strain along the grating. It is shown that the power-related strain introduces an optically reconfigurable chirp in the grating period. We develop new optomechanical coupled-mode equations and theoretically analyze the influence of the optical-force-induced nonlinearity and chirp on the grating performance. Compared with weak Kerr effect, the optomechanics effect dominated in the properties evolution of MNFBGs and significant group velocity reduction and switching effect have been theoretically demonstrated at medium power level. This kind of optomechanical MNFBG with optically reconfigurable chirp may offer a path toward all-optical tunable bandwidth of Bragg resonance and may lead to useful applications such as all-optical switching and optically controlled dispersion and slow/fast light.

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Nonlinear self-switching and multiple gap-soliton formation in a fiber Bragg grating

Cited by 147 publications

References 11 publications

Periodic nanostructures for photonics

Periodic nanostructures for photonics

Interaction ofNsolitons in the massive Thirring model and optical gap system: The complex Toda chain model

Reconfigurable optical-force-drive chirp and delay line in micro- or nanofiber Bragg grating

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