Reconfigurable directional couplers and junctions optically induced by nondiffracting Bessel beams

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BOZKURT M., Kartashov Y., Torner L., Vysloukh V.

OPTICS LETTERS, vol.30, no.10, pp.1180-1182, 2005 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 30 Issue: 10
  • Publication Date: 2005
  • Doi Number: 10.1364/ol.30.001180
  • Journal Name: OPTICS LETTERS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1180-1182
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

We put forward the concept of reconfigurable structures optically induced by mutually incoherent nondiffracting Bessel beams in Kerr-type nonlinear media. We address collinear couplers and X junctions and show how one can tune the switching properties of such structures by varying the intensity of the Bessel beams. (c) 2005 Optical Society of America.