Lattice surface solitons

Authors :: Jared Hudock
D. N. Christodoulides
Ofer Manela
Konstantinos G. Makris
M. Segev
George I. Stegeman
Source :: 2006 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference.
Publication Year :: 2006
Publisher :: IEEE, 2006.
Abstract: It is theoretically shown that nonlinear surface-waves are possible in optical lattices. Such solitons can exist at the interface between two different semi-infinite 1D waveguide arrays and also at the boundaries of a 2D lattice.

Subjects :: Physics
Nonlinear system
Kerr effect
Condensed matter physics
Surface wave
High Energy Physics::Lattice
Lattice (order)
Lattice field theory
Physics::Optics
Nonlinear optics
Nonlinear Sciences::Pattern Formation and Solitons
Waveguide (optics)
Lattice model (physics)

Database :: OpenAIRE
Journal :: 2006 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference
Accession number :: edsair.doi...........77ca6274a74edcfc8e61c11a4b2cb2e6
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1109/cleo.2006.4629110