Power-dependent polarization dynamics of mixed-mode spatial solitary waves in AlGaAs waveguides

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作者
Aitchison, JS
Hutchings, DC
Arnold, JM
Kang, JU
Stegeman, GI
Ostrovskaya, E
Akhmediev, N
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[1] UNIV CENT FLORIDA, CREOL, ORLANDO, FL 32826 USA
[2] UNIV CENT FLORIDA, DEPT PHYS, ORLANDO, FL 32826 USA
[3] AUSTRALIAN NATL UNIV, CTR OPT SCI, AUSTRALIAN PHOTON COOPEAT RES CTR, CANBERRA, ACT 0200, AUSTRALIA
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10.1364/JOSAB.14.003032
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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We present experimental results on mixed-polarization solitary waves in AlGaAs waveguides. We show experimentally the complicated polarization dynamics of solitonlike beams that is related to the existence of linearly and elliptically polarized mixed-polarization spatial solitons in planar waveguides. (C) 1997 Optical Society of America.
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