Observation Of Pt-Symmetric Optical Solitons In Timedomain Photonic Lattices

Creator

Martin Wimmer, Max Planck Research Group, Institute of Optics, Information and Photonics
Alois Regensburger, Max Planck Research Group, Institute of Optics, Information and Photonics
Mohammad Ali Miri, University of Central Florida
Christoph Bersch, Max Planck Research Group, Institute of Optics, Information and Photonics
Demetrios N. Christodoulides, University of Central Florida

Abstract

We report the first experimental observation of optical solitons in PT-symmetric temporal lattices. By utilizing a judicious balance between gain, loss and nonlinear effects, such self-trapped states remain stable over long distances.

Publication Date

1-1-2015

Publication Title

Proceedings of Frontiers in Optics 2015, FIO 2015

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1364/fio.2015.fm2d.4

Copyright Status

Unknown

Socpus ID

85086053105 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85086053105

STARS Citation

Wimmer, Martin; Regensburger, Alois; Miri, Mohammad Ali; Bersch, Christoph; and Christodoulides, Demetrios N., "Observation Of Pt-Symmetric Optical Solitons In Timedomain Photonic Lattices" (2015). Scopus Export 2015-2019. 1624.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2015/1624