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Nonlinear wave interactions in patterned Silica and AlGaAs waveguides

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We study nonlinear interactions between discrete optical solitons that propagate in different regimes of diffraction, and the nonlinear scattering of dispersive waves by local optical potentials. It is well known in optics that when linear coherent waves meet, they interfere without interactions. Linear waves also scatter through local optical structures not exchanging any power with the guided modes of these structures. As a focusing Kerr nonlinearity is present, such linearly-inhibited phenomena can exist. Our studies are performed in silica and AlGaAs nonlinear waveguides, excited by ultra-short pulses in the near infrared.

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  1. School of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, 69978, Israel

    Yoav Linzon & Shimshon Bar-Ad

  2. Department of Physical Electronics, Faculty of Engineering, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, 69978, Israel

    Boris A. Malomed

  3. Université du Quebec, Institute National de la Recherche Scientifique, Varennes, Quebec, J3X 1S2, Canada

    Michael Zaezjev & Roberto Morandotti

  4. Centre de Recherche en Nanofabrication et en Nanocaracterisation (CRN), Universite de Sherbrooke, 2500 Boulevard Universite, Sherbrooke, J1K2R1, Qc, Canada

    Maite Volatier, Vincent Aimez & Richard Ares

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Linzon, Y., Malomed, B.A., Zaezjev, M. et al. Nonlinear wave interactions in patterned Silica and AlGaAs waveguides. centr.eur.j.phys. 6, 555–562 (2008). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11534-008-0043-z

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