Light propagation through a nonlinear defect: symmetry breaking and controlled soliton emission

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作者
Fratalocchi, Andrea
Assanto, Gaetano
机构
[1] Univ Roma Tre, Nonlinear Opt & OptoElect Labs, Dept Elect Engn, I-00146 Rome, Italy
[2] Univ Roma Tre, Consorzio Nazl Interuniv Sci Fis Mat, I-00146 Rome, Italy
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D O I
10.1364/OL.31.001489
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We investigate the emission of solitons at a nonlinear longitudinal defect. We discuss the basic physics and introduce a novel approach to achieve complete nonlinear control of the process. Theoretical results are confirmed by numerical simulations. (c) 2006 Optical Society of America.
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页码:1489 / 1491
页数:3
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