Nonlinear spectral-spatial control and localization of supercontinuum radiation

Dragomir N. Neshev*, Andrey A. Sukhorukov, Alexander Dreischuh, Robert Fischer, Sangwoo Ha, Jeremy Bolger, Lam Bui, Wieslaw Krolikowski, Benjamin J. Eggleton, Arnan Mitchell, Michael W. Austin, Yuri S. Kivshar

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    Abstract

    We present the first observation of spatiospectral control and localization of supercontinuum light through the nonlinear interaction of spectral components in extended periodic structures. We use an array of optical waveguides in a LiNbO3 crystal and employ the interplay between diffraction and nonlinearity to dynamically control the output spectrum of the supercontinuum radiation. This effect presents an efficient scheme for optically tunable spectral filtering of supercontinua.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number123901
    JournalPhysical Review Letters
    Volume99
    Issue number12
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 18 Sept 2007

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