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Observation of discrete surface solitons.

Authors :
Suntsov S
Makris KG
Christodoulides DN
Stegeman GI
Haché A
Morandotti R
Yang H
Salamo G
Sorel M
Source :
Physical review letters [Phys Rev Lett] 2006 Feb 17; Vol. 96 (6), pp. 063901. Date of Electronic Publication: 2006 Feb 13.
Publication Year :
2006

Abstract

We report the first observation of discrete optical surface solitons at the interface between a nonlinear self-focusing waveguide lattice and a continuous medium. The effect of power on the localization process of these optical self-trapped states at the edge of an AlGaAs waveguide array is investigated in detail. Our experimental results are in good agreement with theoretical predictions.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0031-9007
Volume :
96
Issue :
6
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Physical review letters
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
16605995
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.063901