Title :
Power Threshold of Discrete Surface Solitons
Author :
Suntsov, S. ; Makris, Konstantinos G. ; Christodoulides, Demetrios N. ; Stegeman, G.I. ; Hache, A. ; Yang, Hongming ; Salamo, Gregory ; Sorel, Marc
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando
Abstract :
We have investigated the power threshold of discrete Kerr surface solitons at the interface between discrete and continuous 1D AlGaAs medium. Distinct thresholds were measured for interface solitons localized at different sites from the interface.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; optical Kerr effect; optical materials; optical solitons; AlGaAs; continuous 1D medium; discrete 1D medium; discrete Kerr surface solitons; interface soliton localization; power threshold; Biomedical optical imaging; Educational institutions; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Nonlinear optics; Optical propagation; Optical solitons; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Physics; Pulse measurements;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452737
