• DocumentCode
    547014
  • 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
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5951337
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=547014