Storage and steering of self-trapped discrete solitons in nonlinear waveguide arrays

Journal Article · Tue Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1994 · Optics Letters; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.19.000332· OSTI ID:5011065

Aceves, A B; De Angelis, C ^[1]; Trillo, S; Wabnitz, S ^[2]

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1. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131 (United States)
2. Fondazione Ugo Bordoni, Via B. Castiglione 59, 00142 Rome (Italy)

An array of coupled nonlinear waveguides supports discrete soliton modes in which light is self-trapped in a few guides. We obtain an analytical description of these solitons and reveal that well-confined modes may be stably packed into the array. Power-controlled soliton steering may be achieved with linearly chirped solitons.

• DOE Contract Number: FG03-93ER25163
• OSTI ID: 5011065
• Journal Information: Optics Letters; (United States), Journal Name: Optics Letters; (United States) Vol. 19:5; ISSN OPLEDP; ISSN 0146-9592
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
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OPTICS
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
PULSES
QUASI PARTICLES
SCHROEDINGER EQUATION
SOLITONS
WAVE EQUATIONS
WAVE PROPAGATION
WAVEGUIDES