Title

Discrete vector solitons in Kerr nonlinear waveguide arrays

Authors

Authors

J. Meier; J. Hudock; D. Christodoulides; G. Stegeman; Y. Silberberg; R. Morandotti;J. S. Aitchison

Comments

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Phys. Rev. Lett.

Keywords

SPATIAL SOLITONS; SOLITARY WAVES; POLARIZATION INSTABILITY; DISPERSIVE; MEDIA; DARK; Physics, Multidisciplinary

Abstract

We report the first experimental observation of discrete vector solitons in AlGaAs nonlinear waveguide arrays. These self-trapped states are possible through the coexistence of two orthogonally polarized fields and are stable in spite of the presence of four-wave mixing effects. We demonstrate that at sufficiently high power levels the two polarizations lock into a highly localized vector discrete soliton that would have been otherwise impossible in the absence of either one of these two components.

Journal Title

Physical Review Letters

Volume

91

Issue/Number

14

Publication Date

1-1-2003

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

4

WOS Identifier

WOS:000185719500020

ISSN

0031-9007

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