Dissipative photonic lattice solitons

    Authors

    E. A. Ultanir; G. I. Stegeman;D. N. Christodoulides

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Opt. Lett.

    Keywords

    SPATIAL SOLITONS; ARRAYS; Optics

    Abstract

    We show that discrete dissipative optical lattice solitons are possible in waveguide array configurations that involve periodically patterned semiconductor optical amplifiers and saturable absorbers. The characteristics of these low-power soliton states are investigated, and their propagation constant eigenvalues are mapped on Floquet-Bloch band diagrams. The prospect of observing such low-power dissipative lattice solitons is discussed in detail. (C) 2004 Optical Society of America.

    Journal Title

    Optics Letters

    Volume

    29

    Issue/Number

    8

    Publication Date

    1-1-2004

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    845

    Last Page

    847

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000220653100017

    ISSN

    0146-9592

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