Spatial soliton robustness against spatially anisotropic phase perturbations

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作者
Kang, JU
Hamilton, CJ
Aitchison, JS
Stegeman, GI
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[1] UNIV GLASGOW,DEPT ELECT & ELECT ENGN,GLASGOW G12 8QQ,LANARK,SCOTLAND
[2] UNIV CENT FLORIDA,CREOL,ORLANDO,FL 32816
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10.1063/1.118580
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O59 [应用物理学];
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We demonstrate experimentally that spatial solitons in AlGaAs waveguides are resilient against spatially anisotropic perturbations in their phase caused by introducing a wedge in the soliton propagation path. In agreement with numerical simulations, the solitons maintained their initial beam shape and width, independent of the fraction of the soliton beam intercepted by the wedge. (C) 1997 American Institute of Physics.
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