Observation of discrete surface solitons

    Authors

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

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Phys. Rev. Lett.

    Keywords

    SPATIAL SOLITONS; WAVES; LATTICES; MEDIA; PROPAGATION; ARRAYS; OPTICS; Physics, Multidisciplinary

    Abstract

    We report the first observation of discrete optical surface solitons at the interface between a nonlinear self-focusing waveguide lattice and a continuous medium. The effect of power on the localization process of these optical self-trapped states at the edge of an AlGaAs waveguide array is investigated in detail. Our experimental results are in good agreement with theoretical predictions.

    Journal Title

    Physical Review Letters

    Volume

    96

    Issue/Number

    6

    Publication Date

    1-1-2006

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    4

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000235394100030

    ISSN

    0031-9007

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