How does an inclined holding beam affect discrete modulational instability and solitons in nonlinear cavities?

Oleg A. Egorov*, Falk Lederer, Yuri S. Kivshar

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    Abstract

    We study light propagation in arrays of weakly coupled nonlinear cavities driven by an inclined holding beam. We show analytically that both discreteness and inclination of the driving field can dramatically change the conditions for modulational instability in discrete nonlinear systems. We find numerically the families of resting and moving dissipative solitons for an arbitrary inclination angle of the driving field, both in the discrete and a quasi-continuous limits. We analyze a crossover between resting and moving cavity solitons, and also observe novel features in the soliton collision.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)4149-4158
    Number of pages10
    JournalOptics Express
    Volume15
    Issue number7
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2 Apr 2007

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