Title

Radiation-Related Polarization Instability Of Kerr Spatial Vector Solitons

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. © 2002 Optical Society of America.

Publication Date

1-1-2002

Publication Title

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volume

19

Issue

4

Number of Pages

695-702

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.19.000695

Socpus ID

0141788454 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0141788454

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