Radiation-related polarization instability of Kerr spatial vector solitons

    Authors

    R. R. Malendevich; L. Friedrich; G. I. Stegeman; J. M. Soto-Crespo; N. N. Akhmediev;J. S. Aitchison

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    J. Opt. Soc. Am. B-Opt. Phys.

    Keywords

    BIREFRINGENT OPTICAL FIBERS; SEMICONDUCTOR WAVE-GUIDES; DYNAMICS; PROPAGATION; STABILITY; STATES; Optics

    Abstract

    We report the experimental observation and numerical simulations of a polarization instability of spatial vector solitons in an AlGaAs slab waveguide, At power levels where the nonlinear index change becomes comparable to the birefringence, the fast soliton becomes unstable. The instability is related to coupling of the fast soliton to the slow radiation modes through phase matching. The combined effects of bifurcation and radiation coupling are the processes ultimately limiting the stability of any single-polarization (fast and slow) Kerr soliton. (C) 2002 Optical Society of America.

    Journal Title

    Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics

    Volume

    19

    Issue/Number

    4

    Publication Date

    1-1-2002

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    695

    Last Page

    702

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000175017800012

    ISSN

    0740-3224

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