Title :
Spatial solitons in nonlinear photonic crystals
Author :
Corney, J.F. ; Bang, O.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Math. Modelling, Tech. Univ. Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
We study solitons in one-dimensional quadratic nonlinear photonic crystals with periodic linear and nonlinear susceptibilities. We show that such crystals support stable bright and dark solitons, even when the effective quadratic nonlinearity is zero.
Keywords :
brightness; nonlinear optical susceptibility; optical solitons; photonic band gap; stability; 1D quadratic nonlinear photonic crystals; dark solitons; effective quadratic nonlinearity; nonlinear photonic crystals; nonlinear susceptibilities; one-dimensional quadratic nonlinear photonic crystals; periodic linear susceptibilities; spatial solitons; stable bright solitons; Crystalline materials; Equations; Gratings; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical modulation; Optical signal processing; Optical solitons; Photonic crystals;
Conference_Titel :
Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals, and Applications, 2000. Technical Digest
Conference_Location :
Kaua´i-Lihue, HI, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-646-X
DOI :
10.1109/NLO.2000.883597
