Spatial modulational instability in one-dimensional lithium niobate slab waveguides
- 15 December 2000
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 25 (24) , 1786-1788
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.25.001786
Abstract
We report an experimental study of the breakup through modulational instability of broad fundamental beams near the phase-matching condition for second-harmonic generation in lithium niobate slab waveguides. Two mechanisms for initiating modulational instability, waveguide imperfections and noise on the input beam, are identified.Keywords
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