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A slab waveguide with an embedded non-linear grating is considered as an all-optical power-limiting device. The limiting action is based on the power losses at boundaries between grating sections, where a mode-mismatch results from the self-focusing of the fundamental mode in each non-linear section. Time-harmonic and optical pulse propagation are both modelled numerically by finite-difference techniques to demonstrate the behaviour of the device.
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Received: 17 May 2001 / Revised version: 7 August 2001 / Published online: 23 October 2001
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Becker, E., Romanova, E., Melnikov, L. et al. All-optical power limiting in waveguides with periodically distributed Kerr-like non-linearity. Appl Phys B 73, 531–534 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003400100672
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003400100672