Observation of discrete gap solitons in binary waveguide arrays

    Authors

    R. Morandotti; D. Mandelik; Y. Silberberg; J. S. Aitchison; M. Sorel; D. N. Christodoulides; A. A. Sukhorukov;Y. S. Kivshar

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Opt. Lett.

    Keywords

    Optics

    Abstract

    We report an experimental study of discrete gap solitons in binary arrays of optical waveguides. We observe self-focusing indicating soliton generation when the inclination angle of an input beam is slightly above the Bragg angle and show that the propagation direction of the emerging gap soliton is influenced by the effect of interband momentum exchange. (C) 2004 Optical Society of America.

    Journal Title

    Optics Letters

    Volume

    29

    Issue/Number

    24

    Publication Date

    1-1-2004

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    2890

    Last Page

    2892

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000225682900019

    ISSN

    0146-9592

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