OPTICAL SOLITON IN GRADED-INDEX WAVE-GUIDES

被引:6
作者
CHANG, RL [1 ]
WANG, JP [1 ]
机构
[1] NATL TAIWAN UNIV,DEPT ELECT ENGN,TAIPEI,TAIWAN
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10.1364/OL.18.000266
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We show that optical solitons in a broad spectral range can be excited by propagating an off-axis Gaussian beam in nonlinear graded-index (GRIN) waveguides. Owing to periodical variation of both the beam size and dispersion coefficient in GRIN waveguides, the solitons belong to a newly discovered class called guiding-center solitons. In planar GRIN waveguides, solitons may be arranged to interact in both the temporal and spatial domains, thus the waveguide may serve as a novel platform for soliton interactions.
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