• DocumentCode
    415463
  • Title

    Gap solitons and optical switching in axially uniform photonic crystal fibers

  • Author

    Lidorikis, Eleferios ; Soljacic, Marin ; Ibanescu, Mihai ; Johnson, Steven G. ; Fan, Shanhni ; Luo, Chiyan ; Fink, Yoel ; Joannopoulos, John D.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    22-27 June 2003
  • Firstpage
    212
  • Abstract
    Through detailed computational experiments, and an analytical model, we describe the first axially uniform Kerr-nonlinear system that supports the existence of gap solitons.
  • Keywords
    optical Kerr effect; optical fibres; optical solitons; optical switches; photonic crystals; Kerr-nonlinear system; gap solitons; optical switching; photonic crystal fibers; Analytical models; Cutoff frequency; Dispersion; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fiber devices; Optical films; Optical solitons; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystal fibers; Physics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics Conference, 2003. EQEC '03. European
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7733-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EQEC.2003.1314069
  • Filename
    1314069