Three-dimensional analysis of a directional coupler exhibiting a Kerr nonlinearity
1988; IEEE Photonics Society; Volume: 24; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1109/3.8546
ISSN1558-1713
Autores Tópico(s)Nonlinear Photonic Systems
ResumoThe propagating beam method is used to carry out a fully three-dimensional analysis of a nonlinear optical waveguide and a directional coupler formed from a pair of nonlinear waveguides. It is shown that, for interesting levels of the index nonlinearity, a beam in a monomode waveguide can undergo mild self-focusing and self-phase modulation. The behavior or the nonlinear coupler, on the other hand, is quantitatively similar to that predicted by coupled-mode theory. On the basis of the calculated power transfer characteristics of the nonlinear coupler, three schemes for using the device as a switch have been proposed. It is found that one of these, which is based on the operation of the coupler at a power close to the critical power, permits a larger power to be switched by a very small one. >
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