All-optical switching in optically induced nonlinear waveguide couplers

Falko Diebel; Daniel Leykam; Martin Boguslawski; Patrick Rose; Cornelia Denz; Anton S. Desyatnikov

doi:10.1063/1.4886414

All-optical switching in optically induced nonlinear waveguide couplers

Falko Diebel^*, Daniel Leykam, Martin Boguslawski, Patrick Rose, Cornelia Denz, Anton S. Desyatnikov

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We experimentally demonstrate all-optical vortex switching in nonlinear coupled waveguide arrays optically induced in photorefractive media. Our technique is based on multiplexing of nondiffracting Bessel beams to induce various types of waveguide configurations. Using double- and quadruple-well potentials, we demonstrate precise control over the coupling strength between waveguides, the linear and nonlinear dynamics and symmetry-breaking bifurcations of guided light, and a power-controlled optical vortex switch.

Original language	English
Article number	261111
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	104
Issue number	26
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4886414
Publication status	Published - 30 Jun 2014

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