Autoresonant dynamics of optical guided waves

Assaf Barak*, Yuval Lamhot, Lazar Friedland, Mordechai Segev

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Abstract

We study, theoretically and experimentally, autoresonant dynamics of optical waves in a spatially chirped nonlinear directional coupler. We show that adiabatic passage through a linear resonance in a weakly coupled light-wave system yields a sharp threshold transition to nonlinear phase locking and amplification to predetermined amplitudes. This constitutes the first observation of autoresonance phenomena in optics.

Original languageEnglish
Article number123901
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume103
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 14 Sep 2009

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