title: All-optical interconnects using Airy beams.
abstract: We analyze numerically optical waveguide structures in photorefractive media induced by one or two incoherent counter-propagating (CP) Airy beams. Under nonlinear focusing conditions, we show that for a single Airy beam or for two CP beams with various input positions, multiple waveguiding structures can be photo-induced in the medium. Optical Gaussian beams can therefore be guided with a deflecting trajectory and/or even split into several output beams. These results enable new configurations for all-optical interconnections.
authors.forename: Noémi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wiersma
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Marsal
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sciamanna
authors.forename: Delphine
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wolfersberger