• DocumentCode
    2666529
  • Title

    Discrete Ginzburg-Landau solitons in laser arrays

  • Author

    Efremidis, N. ; Hudock, J. ; Christodoulides, D.N.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Opt., Central Florida Univ., Orlando, FL, USA
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    6-6 June 2003
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate that discrete solitons are possible in laser arrays described by Ginzburg-Landau lattices. As a result of discreteness, we find that this system exhibits novel features that have no counterpart whatsoever in either the continuous limit or in other conservative discrete models.
  • Keywords
    Ginzburg-Landau theory; laser arrays; optical solitons; Ginzburg-Landau lattices; discrete solitons; laser arrays; Equations; Laser modes; Laser theory; Lattices; Nonlinear optics; Optical arrays; Optical coupling; Optical saturation; Optical solitons; Semiconductor laser arrays;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science, 2003. QELS. Postconference Digest
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-749-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2003.238506
  • Filename
    1276032