Self-focusing and defocusing in waveguide arrays

R. Morandotti; H. S. Eisenberg; Y. Silberberg; M. Sorel; J. S. Aitchison

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.3296

Self-focusing and defocusing in waveguide arrays

R. Morandotti, H. S. Eisenberg, Y. Silberberg, M. Sorel, J. S. Aitchison

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Two regimes of diffraction that existed in waveguide arrays were shown. The diffraction was observed to depend upon the input conditions. At higher powers, such diffraction lead to self-focusing and soliton formation through the nonlinear Kerr effect. A change in the input conditions resulted in nonlinear defocusing and anomalous diffraction.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	3296-3299
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	86
Issue number	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.3296
State	Published - 9 Apr 2001
Externally published	Yes

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