title: Optical branching effect in Ti:LiNbO3 waveguides: near-field pattern studies.
abstract: The paper presents a detailed study of a single optical beam splitting into several beams (the branching effect) in photorefractive sensitive Ti:LiNbO3 optical slab waveguides. The near-field patterns of the multibeam structures are presented for different values of optical power coupled into TE guided modes of different orders. The process of partial recovery of the optically damaged waveguide (the partial shrinking of the multibeam bundle created) is also described.
authors.affiliation: Université Laval, Département de Physique, LROL, Ste-Foy, Quebec GlK 7P4.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jerominek
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Delisle
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tremblay