Observation of discrete gap solitons in binary waveguide arrays
Date
2004-05-08
Authors
Morandotti, Roberto
Mandelik, Daniel
Silberberg, Yaron
Aitchison, Stewart
Sorel, Marc
Christodoulides, Demetrios N.
Sukhorukov, Andrey
Kivshar, Yuri
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Optical Society of America
Abstract
We report on the first experimental observation of discrete gap solitons in
binary arrays of optical waveguides. We observe the soliton generation when the
inclination angle of an input beam is slightly above the Bragg angle, and show
that the propagation direction of the emerging gap soliton depends on the input
power as a result of an inter-band momentum exchange.
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Keywords: Gap solitons; Light localization; Soliton generation; Waveguide arrays; Computer simulation; Electric field effects; Light modulation; Light propagation; Optical waveguides; Refractive index; Solitons
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Optics Letters
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