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Light Detectors Bistable Nonlinear Waveguide Arrays

Year: 2005

Type: article

Abstract: Bistability induced by the nonlinear Kerr effect in arrays of coupled waveguides is studied and shown to be a means to conceive light detectors that switch under excitation by a weak signal. The detector is obtained by coupling two single 1D waveguides to an array of coupled waveguides with adjusted indices and coupling. The process is understood by an analytical description in the conservative and continuous case and illustrated by numerical simulations of the model with attenuation.

Source: Physical Review Letters

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.94.243902

Authors: R. Khomeriki, J. Leon

Institutions: Tbilisi State University, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Montpellier, Université Montpellier 2

Language: English

Topic: Nonlinear Photonic Systems

Subfield: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W33787465

FWCI: 2.251

Cites: 22

Cited by: 23

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