Two-dimensional mode-locking in planar waveguide arrays

Matthew O. Williams; J. Nathan Kutz

doi:10.1117/12.840561

1 March 2010 Two-dimensional mode-locking in planar waveguide arrays

Matthew O. Williams, J. Nathan Kutz

Proceedings Volume 7600, Ultrafast Phenomena in Semiconductors and Nanostructure Materials XIV; 76001L (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.840561
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2010, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

A theoretical proposal is presented for the generation of mode-locked light-bullets in planar waveguide arrays, extending the concept of time-domain mode-locking in waveguide arrays to spatial (transverse) mode-locking in slab waveguides. The model presented yields three-dimensional localized states that act as global attractors to the waveguide array system. Single pulse stationary and time-periodic solutions as well as the transition to multi-pulse solutions as a function of gain are observed to be stabilized in such a system.

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Matthew O. Williams and J. Nathan Kutz "Two-dimensional mode-locking in planar waveguide arrays", Proc. SPIE 7600, Ultrafast Phenomena in Semiconductors and Nanostructure Materials XIV, 76001L (1 March 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.840561

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