Title :
Optical solitons in PT periodic potentials
Author :
Makris, K.G. ; El-Ganainy, R. ; Christodoulides, D.N. ; Musslimani, Z.H.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Opt., Central Florida Univ., Orlando, FL
Abstract :
We investigate the effect of nonlinearity in novel parity-time (PT) symmetric potentials. We show that new types of nonlinear self-trapped modes can exist in optical PT synthetic lattices.
Keywords :
optical solitons; self-focusing; PT periodic potentials; nonlinear self-trapped modes; optical parity-time synthetic lattices; optical solitons; parity-time symmetric potentials; Educational institutions; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Integrated optics; Kerr effect; Lattices; Mathematics; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical propagation; Optical solitons; (190.3270) Nonlinear optics, Kerr effect; (190.4390) Nonlinear optics, integrated optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
