Temporal waveguides for optical pulses

Plansinis, Brent W.; Donaldson, William R.; Agrawal, Govind P.

doi:10.1364/JOSAB.33.001112

Title: Temporal waveguides for optical pulses

Journal Article · Thu May 12 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Journal of the Optical Society of America. Part B, Optical Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.33.001112· OSTI ID:1256426

Plansinis, Brent W. ^[1]; Donaldson, William R. ^[1]; Agrawal, Govind P. ^[1]

Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY (United States)

Here we discuss, temporal total internal reflection (TIR), in analogy to the conventional TIR of an optical beam at a dielectric interface, is the total reflection of an optical pulse inside a dispersive medium at a temporal boundary across which the refractive index changes. A pair of such boundaries separated in time acts as the temporal analog of planar dielectric waveguides. We study the propagation of optical pulses inside such temporal waveguides, both analytically and numerically, and show that the waveguide supports a finite number of temporal modes. We also discuss how a single-mode temporal waveguide can be created in practice. In contrast with the spatial case, the confinement can occur even when the central region has a lower refractive index.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

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OSTI ID:: 1256426

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Journal Information:: Journal of the Optical Society of America. Part B, Optical Physics, Vol. 33, Issue 6; ISSN 0740-3224

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