Title :
Experimental observation of discrete solitons in a temporal photonic lattice
Author :
Wimmer, Manuel ; Regensburger, Alois ; Bersch, Christoph ; Miri, Mohammad-Ali ; Onishchukov, G. ; Christodoulides, Demetrios N. ; Peschel, Ulf
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Opt., Inf. & Photonics, Univ. of Erlangen-Nurnberg, Erlangen, Germany
Abstract :
We report the first experimental observation of solitons propagating in discrete steps through a temporal photonic lattice, which is implemented in a fiber-loop setup. Stable propagation over fifty coupling lengths is achieved.
Keywords :
optical fibre couplers; optical lattices; optical solitons; discrete soliton propagation; fiber-loop setup; optical coupling lengths; temporal photonic lattice; Lattices; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber networks; Photonics; Solitons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
