Spatiotemporal Bragg gratings forming inside a nonlinear dispersive medium
- University of Rochester, NY (United States)
We show that a spatiotemporal Bragg grating can be created inside a nonlinear dispersive medium (such as silica fibers) by launching a periodic train of pump pulses that travel as fundamental solitons. We develop a theoretical model and use it to find the band structure of such gratings. We study the interaction of a probe pulse with the Bragg grating, both within and outside of momentum gaps. We also show that a photonic analog of the Anderson localization is possible when a disorder is introduced into a spatiotemporal Bragg grating.
- Research Organization:
- University of Rochester, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- NA0004144
- OSTI ID:
- 2476169
- Journal Information:
- Optics Letters, Journal Name: Optics Letters Journal Issue: 20 Vol. 49; ISSN 0146-9592
- Publisher:
- Optical Society of America (OSA)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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