TY - JOUR
T1 - Double-discrete solitons in fishnet arrays of optical fibers
AU - Staliunas, Kestutis
AU - Malomed, Boris
PY - 2013/8/21
Y1 - 2013/8/21
N2 - We demonstrate that crossed arrays of optical fibers support the double-discrete linear and nonlinear propagation of light beams, in which not only the transverse coordinate (the fiber's number) is discrete, but also the longitudinal (propagation) coordinate, i.e., the number of the fiber-crossing site, is effectively discrete too. In the linear limit, this transmission regime features double-discrete self-collimation. The nonlinear fishnet arrays with both focusing and defocusing nonlinearities give rise to double-discrete spatial solitons. Solitons bifurcating from two different branches of the linear dispersion relation feature strong interactions and form composite states. In the continuum limit, the model of the nonlinear fishnet reduces to a system of coupled-mode equations similar to those describing Bragg gratings, but without the cross-phase-modulation terms.
AB - We demonstrate that crossed arrays of optical fibers support the double-discrete linear and nonlinear propagation of light beams, in which not only the transverse coordinate (the fiber's number) is discrete, but also the longitudinal (propagation) coordinate, i.e., the number of the fiber-crossing site, is effectively discrete too. In the linear limit, this transmission regime features double-discrete self-collimation. The nonlinear fishnet arrays with both focusing and defocusing nonlinearities give rise to double-discrete spatial solitons. Solitons bifurcating from two different branches of the linear dispersion relation feature strong interactions and form composite states. In the continuum limit, the model of the nonlinear fishnet reduces to a system of coupled-mode equations similar to those describing Bragg gratings, but without the cross-phase-modulation terms.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevE.88.022917
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevE.88.022917
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C2 - 24032911
AN - SCOPUS:84883856990
SN - 1539-3755
VL - 88
JO - Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
JF - Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
IS - 2
M1 - 022917
ER -