caa a22 4500 445369620 CHVBK 20180317142942.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00340-011-4635-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00340-011-4635-8 Fiber waveguide arrays as model system for discrete optics [Elektronische Daten] [U. Röpke, H. Bartelt, S. Unger, K. Schuster, J. Kobelke] Optical waveguide arrays consisting of a two-dimensional arrangement of weakly coupled waveguides represent the basis of the new research field of discrete optics. For studying the nonlinear pulse dynamics, fiber waveguide arrays offer specific advantages such as a high optical damage threshold and an accessible range of anomalous dispersion. Coherent coupling of such waveguides for reasonable propagation lengths requires, however, a high structural quality of the waveguides and their superstructure, which is beyond conventional fiber technology. Design, fabrication and characterization of such a fiber waveguide array are described. The linear propagation properties in such a system are modeled and compared with experimental measurements. The high structural homogeneity and good optical quality of the arrays as well as the limits of the nearest-neighbor approximation are demonstrated. Springer-Verlag, 2011 Röpke U. Institute of Photonic Technology, Albert-Einstein-Str 9, 07745, Jena, Germany aut Bartelt H. Institute of Photonic Technology, Albert-Einstein-Str 9, 07745, Jena, Germany aut Unger S. Institute of Photonic Technology, Albert-Einstein-Str 9, 07745, Jena, Germany aut Schuster K. Institute of Photonic Technology, Albert-Einstein-Str 9, 07745, Jena, Germany aut Kobelke J. Institute of Photonic Technology, Albert-Einstein-Str 9, 07745, Jena, Germany aut Applied Physics B Springer-Verlag 104/3(2011-09-01), 481-486 0946-2171 104:3<481 2011 104 340 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-011-4635-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-011-4635-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Röpke U. Institute of Photonic Technology, Albert-Einstein-Str 9, 07745, Jena, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bartelt H. Institute of Photonic Technology, Albert-Einstein-Str 9, 07745, Jena, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Unger S. Institute of Photonic Technology, Albert-Einstein-Str 9, 07745, Jena, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Schuster K. Institute of Photonic Technology, Albert-Einstein-Str 9, 07745, Jena, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kobelke J. Institute of Photonic Technology, Albert-Einstein-Str 9, 07745, Jena, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Applied Physics B Springer-Verlag 104/3(2011-09-01), 481-486 0946-2171 104:3<481 2011 104 340 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer