Instabilities and all-optical phase-controlled switching in a nonlinear directional coherent coupler

S. Wabnitz; E. M. Wright; C. T. Seaton; G. I. Stegeman

doi:10.1063/1.97510

Instabilities and all-optical phase-controlled switching in a nonlinear directional coherent coupler

S. Wabnitz, E. M. Wright, C. T. Seaton, G. I. Stegeman

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The instability in the evolution of a nonlinear wave along a directional coupler is investigated with the beam propagation method, both for self-focusing and for self-defocusing materials. A new device is proposed for switching an intense light beam at the device output by changing the relative phase of a weak input signal.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	838-840
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	49
Issue number	14
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.97510
State	Published - 1986

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