Applications of the Photorefractive Effect and Damage Induced Effects in Fibers
Abstract
One aspect of this work concerns the processes of self-organized second-harmonic generation in fibers. We have experimentally investigated the nature of grating formation in the glass fibers and found it to be reversible. That is, a grating can be repetitively written, erased, and re-written. We have also shown that the grating erasure follows a power-law time dependence and explain the dependence as a consequence of the transverse mode structure of the fields in the fiber. Numerical work has focused on the microscopic aspect of ionization from a model defect potential. We have integrated Schrodinger's equation exactly in the one-dimensional case. Results so far indicate that a photovoltaic explanation of second-harmonic generation in fibers is robust against variation of the physical parameters of the model. The second aspect concerns the dynamics and self-organization of photorefractive optical circuits. We have produced circuits that self-organize according to the nature of their time dependent input. After self-organizing they process information in an adaptive and useful way. Our most highly developed circuit is a demultiplexer that separates signals from a multimode fiber.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 26, 1992
- Accession Number
- ADA250767
Entities
People
- Dana Z. Anderson
Organizations
- JILA