Reflection of quadratic solitons at the boundary of nonlinear media

Year: 2004

Authors: Baronio F., De Angelis C., Pioger P., Couderc V., Barthelemy A.

Autors Affiliation: Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia, Università di Brescia, via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia, Italy; Faculte de Sciences, Institut de Recherches en Communications Optiques et Microondes, 123 Avenue A. Thomas, 87060 Limoges, France

Abstract: We report experimental evidence of soliton reflection at the boundary of quadratic nonlinear media. The evolution of beams incident upon the interface of periodically poled LiNbO3 and uniform LiNbO3 is considered; in the whole device the linear refractive index is homogeneous. Linear beam transmission and soliton reflection at the nonlinear phase-mismatched boundary were observed. Numerical simulations that correspond to the experiments are also presented. (C) 2004 Optical Society of America.

Journal/Review: OPTICS LETTERS

Volume: 29 (9)      Pages from: 986  to: 988

KeyWords: Nonlinear Optics
DOI: 10.1364/OL.29.000986

Citations: 31
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