Title :
Nonlinear self-trapping of broad beams in defocusing lithium niobate waveguide arrays
Author :
Bennet, Francis H. ; Alexander, Tristram J. ; Haslinger, Franz ; Mitchell, Arnan ; Neshev, Dragomir N. ; Kivsha, Yuri S.
Author_Institution :
Nonlinear Phys. Centre, Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia
Abstract :
We demonstrate experimentally the localization of broad beams in defocusing waveguide arrays. Unlike gap solitons, these novel localized states have an arbitrary width defined by the size of the input beam while independent on nonlinearity.
Keywords :
lithium; optical self-focusing; optical solitons; optical waveguides; radiation pressure; LiNb; broad beams localization; gap solitons; nonlinear self-trapping; waveguide arrays; Laser beams; Measurement by laser beam; Nonlinear optics; Optical beams; Optical solitons; Optical waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
