Title :
Bright solitons and light bullets in semiconductor waveguides
Author :
Lederer, F. ; Biehlig, W.
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Phys. & Astron., Friedrich-Schiller-Univ., Jena
fDate :
10/27/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
For the first time it is shown that bright temporal solitons as well as spatiotemporal solitary waves (light bullets) may exist in semiconductor waveguides provided that the large normal material dispersion is overcompensated for by the dispersion of a properly tailored waveguide. Soliton switching in a nonlinear directional coupler without pulse break-up is predicted
Keywords :
optical couplers; optical dispersion; optical solitons; optical switches; optical waveguide theory; ARROW modes; anti-resonant reflecting optical waveguides; bright temporal solitons; light bullets; nonlinear directional coupler; semiconductor waveguides; soliton switching; spatiotemporal solitary waves; tailored waveguide;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19941251