Understanding the contribution of mode area and slow light to the effective Kerr nonlinearity of waveguides
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2013
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Afshar Vahid, S.
Monro, T.
de Sterke, C.
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Optics Express, 2013; 21(15):18558-18571
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Shahraam Afshar V., T. M. Monro, and C. Martijn de Sterke
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We resolve the ambiguity in existing definitions of the effective area of a waveguide mode that have been reported in the literature by examining which definition leads to an accurate evaluation of the effective Kerr nonlinearity. We show that the effective nonlinear coefficient of a waveguide mode can be written as the product of a suitable average of the nonlinear coefficients of the waveguide’s constituent materials, the mode’s group velocity and a new suitably defined effective mode area. None of these parameters on their own completely describe the strength of the nonlinear effects of a waveguide.
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© 2013 Optical Society of America