Spatial optical simultons in nonlinearly coupled planar waveguides

Opt Lett. 2003 Jun 15;28(12):1031-3. doi: 10.1364/ol.28.001031.

Abstract

With second-harmonic generation in surface and buried planar waveguides achieved by direct and reverse proton exchange in lithium niobate, we demonstrate a novel kind of quadratic spatial simulton: The transverse-electric fundamental input and the transverse-magnetic second-harmonic waves nonlinearly couple two superimposed planar waveguides, permitting transverse localization of light at room temperature and at excitations as low as 340 nJ in 20-ps pulses.