Strong spatiotemporal localization in a silica nonlinear waveguide array

D. Cheskis, S. Bar-Ad, R. Morandotti*, J. S. Aitchison, H. S. Eisenberg, Y. Silberberg, D. Ross

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Abstract

We investigate the propagation of short, intense laser pulses in arrays of coupled silica waveguides, in the anomalous dispersion regime. The nonlinearity induces trapping of the pulse in a single waveguide, over a wide range of input parameters. A sharp transition is observed for single waveguide excitation, from strong diffraction at low powers to strong localization at high powers.

Original languageEnglish
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume91
Issue number22
DOIs
StatePublished - 2003

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