Title

Power thresholds of families of discrete surface solitons

Authors

Authors

S. Suntsov; K. G. Makris; D. N. Christodoulides; G. I. Stegeman; R. Morandotti; H. Yang; G. Salamo;M. Sorel

Comments

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Opt. Lett.

Keywords

ARRAYS; WAVES; Optics

Abstract

We have investigated both theoretically and experimentally the power threshold of discrete Kerr surface solitons at the interface between a discrete one-dimensional (1D) (waveguide array) and a continuous 1D (slab waveguide) AlGaAs medium. Decreasing power thresholds were predicted and measured for soliton trapping at sites with increasing distance from the boundary. The thresholds approached asymptotically the power required for a discrete soliton of equivalent width in an infinite lattice. The minimum threshold coincided with a minimum in the interchannel coupling strength. (c) 2007 Optical Society of America.

Journal Title

Optics Letters

Volume

32

Issue/Number

21

Publication Date

1-1-2007

Document Type

Article

DOI Link

http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/ol.32.003098

Language

English

First Page

3098

Last Page

3100

WOS Identifier

WOS:000251350100016

ISSN

0146-9592

Recommended Citation

"Power thresholds of families of discrete surface solitons" (2007). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 7704.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000/7704