• DocumentCode
    2670396
  • Title

    Discrete vector solitons in Kerr nonlinear waveguide arrays

  • Author

    Meier, J. ; Hudock, J. ; Stegeman, G. ; Christodoulides, D. ; Eisenberg, H.S. ; Silberberg, Y. ; Morandotti, R. ; Aitchison, J.S.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Opt., Central Florida Univ., Orlando, FL, USA
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    6-6 June 2003
  • Abstract
    We report the first experimental observation of vector discrete solitons. We find that at appropriate power levels two orthogonally polarized beams collapse into a highly confined vector discrete soliton in spite of the presence of energy exchange due to four-wave-mixing.
  • Keywords
    laser beams; light polarisation; multiwave mixing; optical Kerr effect; optical solitons; optical waveguide theory; Kerr nonlinear waveguide arrays; discrete vector solitons; energy exchange; four-wave-mixing; orthogonally polarized beams; Diffraction; Energy exchange; Equations; Nonlinear optics; Optical propagation; Optical solitons; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Polarization; Tellurium;
  • 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.2003.238636
  • Filename
    1276308