Title :
Observation of the symmetry-breaking instability of the (1+1)-d multimode vector soliton in CS/sub 2/
Author :
Cambournac, C. ; Sylvestre, T. ; Maillotte, H. ; Kockaert, R. ; Vanderlinden, B. ; Emplit, P. ; Haelterman, M.
Author_Institution :
Lab. d´Opt. P.M. Duffieux, Univ. de Franche-Comte, Besancon, France
Abstract :
Summary form only given. We have demonstrated the symmetry-breaking instability of the two-component multimode vector soliton. Besides the fundamental interest of this dynamical property, we can expect interesting application to all-optical thresholdless switching since the symmetry breaking can, in principle, be triggered by an arbitrarily small perturbation.
Keywords :
carbon compounds; optical Kerr effect; optical solitons; self-phase modulation; CS/sub 2/; all-optical switching; arbitrarily small perturbation; cross-phase modulation; dynamical property; field envelopes; isotropic planar waveguide; molecular orientation-induced Kerr nonlinearity; nonlinear medium; self-induced soliton waveguide; symmetry-breaking instability; two-component multimode vector soliton; Carbon compounds; Optical Kerr effect; Optical solitons;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2002. QELS '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-708-3
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2002.1031345
