CONTROLLED SPATIAL BRIGHT SOLITON EMISSION FROM A NONLINEAR WAVE-GUIDE

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作者
HERNANDEZFIGUEROA, HE [1 ]
DIPASQUALE, F [1 ]
ETTINGER, RD [1 ]
FERNANDEZ, FA [1 ]
DAVIES, JB [1 ]
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[1] UNIV PARMA, DIPARTIMENTO INGN INFORMAZ, I-43100 PARMA, ITALY
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10.1364/OL.19.000326
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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An efficient technique for controlling the spatial bright soliton emission from a nonlinear waveguide is demonstrated numerically for what is to our knowledge the first time. The principle of this technique is based on the addition of a weak antisymmetric signal as a probe, the control parameters being the amplitude and the phase of the probe. A novel nonlinear device, the three-waveguide soliton coupler, is introduced and discussed as an application.
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