Soliton switching in a variable nonlinear coupler

I. M. Skinner*, G. D. Peng, B. A. Malomed, P. L. Chu

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Abstract

Coupling and switching of solitons in a nonlinear coupler whose coupling varies with longitudinal distance is examined. Within the variational approximation, an exact solution which describes complete coupling is found. The accuracy of this approximation is shown to be good.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)493-497
Number of pages5
JournalOptics Communications
Volume113
Issue number4-6
DOIs
StatePublished - 1995
Externally publishedYes

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