An accurate envelope equation for light propagation in photonic nanowires: new nonlinear effects Export

@article{citeulike:5830931, abstract = {We derive a set of new unidirectional evolution equations for photonic nanowires, i.e. waveguides with sub-wavelength core diameter. Contrary to previous approaches, our formulation simultaneously takes into account both the vector nature of the electromagnetic field and the full variations of the effective modal profiles with wavelength. This leads to the discovery of new, previously unexplored nonlinear effects which have the potential to affect soliton propagation considerably. We specialize our theoretical considerations to the case of perfectly circular silica strands in air, and we support our analysis with detailed numerical simulations.}, author = {Tran, Truong X. and Biancalana, Fabio}, citeulike-article-id = {5830931}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.017934}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?id=186175}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0908.0873}, day = {28}, doi = {10.1364/OE.17.017934}, journal = {Opt. Express}, keywords = {fibre, optics, physics, propagation, pulse}, month = {September}, number = {20}, pages = {17934--17949}, posted-at = {2009-09-24 16:37:29}, priority = {2}, publisher = {OSA}, title = {An accurate envelope equation for light propagation in photonic nanowires: new nonlinear effects}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.017934}, volume = {17}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5830931 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5830931 N2 - We derive a set of new unidirectional evolution equations for photonic nanowires, i.e. waveguides with sub-wavelength core diameter. Contrary to previous approaches, our formulation simultaneously takes into account both the vector nature of the electromagnetic field and the full variations of the effective modal profiles with wavelength. This leads to the discovery of new, previously unexplored nonlinear effects which have the potential to affect soliton propagation considerably. We specialize our theoretical considerations to the case of perfectly circular silica strands in air, and we support our analysis with detailed numerical simulations. IS - 20 JF - Opt. Express EP - 17949 TI - An accurate envelope equation for light propagation in photonic nanowires: new nonlinear effects PB - OSA VL - 17 SP - 17934 KW - fibre KW - optics KW - physics KW - propagation KW - pulse AU - Tran, Truong AU - Biancalana, Fabio PY - 2009/09/28/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.017934 ER -