Title :
Nonlocal gap soliton in liquid infiltrated photonic crystal fibres
Author :
Bennet, Francis H. ; Rosberg, Christian R. ; Rasmussen, Per D. ; Sukhorukov, Andrey A. ; Bang, Ole ; Neshev, Dragomir N. ; Krolikowski, Wieslaw ; Kivshar, Yuri S.
Author_Institution :
Nonlinear Phys. Centre & Laser Phys. Centre, Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT
Abstract :
We report on the observation of nonlocal gap solitons in infiltrated photonic crystal fibres. We employ the thermal defocusing nonlinearity of the liquid to study soliton existence and effect of boundaries of the periodic structure.
Keywords :
holey fibres; optical fibre cladding; optical solitons; photonic crystals; liquid infiltrated photonic crystal fibres; nonlocal gap soliton; periodic structure; photonic crystal fibre cladding; thermal defocusing nonlinearity; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Lattices; Nonlinear equations; Optical coupling; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystal fibers; Physics; Refractive index; Schrodinger equation; Solitons;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, 2008 and the 2008 Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. OECC/ACOFT 2008. Joint conference of the
Conference_Location :
Sydney
Print_ISBN :
978-0-85825-807-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-85825-807-5
DOI :
10.1109/OECCACOFT.2008.4610356
