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PARAMETRIC SELF-TRAPPING OF OPTICAL BEAMS VIA RANDOM QUASI PHASE MATCHING IN LITHIUM TANTALATE WAVEGUIDE

Salvatore StivalaAlessandro BusaccaElena D'asaroG AssantoC. Conti

subject

Nonlinear optics Parametric solitons Random quasi-phase-matchingSettore ING-INF/02 - Campi ElettromagneticiSettore ING-INF/01 - Elettronica

description

We report on experimental evidence of parametric spatial solitons in a lithium tantalate waveguide with randomized periodic ferroelectric poling. Two-color self-focusing via quadratic cascading overcomes the diffractive nature of both fundamental and frequency-doubled beams.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2011-01-01
http://hdl.handle.net/10447/57905