Autoresonant dynamics of optical guided waves.
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چکیده
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.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Physical review letters
دوره 103 12 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009