Effects of saturation and loss on nonlinear directional couplers

G. I. Stegeman; C. T. Seaton; C. N. Ironside; T. Cullen; A. C. Walker

doi:10.1063/1.97962

Effects of saturation and loss on nonlinear directional couplers

G. I. Stegeman, C. T. Seaton, C. N. Ironside, T. Cullen, A. C. Walker

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We show that large changes are introduced into the operational characteristics of nonlinear directional couplers by both loss and saturation of the nonlinearity, especially the latter. Specific numerical examples are given.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1035-1037
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	50
Issue number	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.97962
Publication status	Published - 1987

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