Nonlinear self-trapping of broad beams in defocusing lithium niobate waveguide arrays

Francis H. Bennet; Tristram J. Alexander; Franz Haslinger; Arnan Mitchell; Dragomir N. Neshev; Yuri S. Kivshar

doi:10.1364/qels.2011.qmd2

Nonlinear self-trapping of broad beams in defocusing lithium niobate waveguide arrays

Francis H. Bennet^*, Tristram J. Alexander, Franz Haslinger, Arnan Mitchell, Dragomir N. Neshev, Yuri S. Kivshar

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We demonstrate experimentally the localization of broad beams in defocusing waveguide arrays. Unlike gap solitons, these novel localized states have an arbitrary width defined by the size of the input beam while independent on nonlinearity.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2011 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
Subtitle of host publication	Laser Science to Photonic Applications, CLEO 2011
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
ISBN (Print)	9781557529107
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/qels.2011.qmd2
Publication status	Published - 2011

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Bennet, F. H., Alexander, T. J., Haslinger, F., Mitchell, A., Neshev, D. N., & Kivshar, Y. S. (2011). Nonlinear self-trapping of broad beams in defocusing lithium niobate waveguide arrays. In 2011 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics: Laser Science to Photonic Applications, CLEO 2011 Article 5951337 (2011 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics: Laser Science to Photonic Applications, CLEO 2011). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1364/qels.2011.qmd2

Bennet, Francis H. ; Alexander, Tristram J. ; Haslinger, Franz et al. / Nonlinear self-trapping of broad beams in defocusing lithium niobate waveguide arrays. 2011 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics: Laser Science to Photonic Applications, CLEO 2011. IEEE Computer Society, 2011. (2011 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics: Laser Science to Photonic Applications, CLEO 2011).

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Bennet, FH, Alexander, TJ, Haslinger, F, Mitchell, A, Neshev, DN & Kivshar, YS 2011, Nonlinear self-trapping of broad beams in defocusing lithium niobate waveguide arrays. in 2011 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics: Laser Science to Photonic Applications, CLEO 2011., 5951337, 2011 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics: Laser Science to Photonic Applications, CLEO 2011, IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1364/qels.2011.qmd2

Nonlinear self-trapping of broad beams in defocusing lithium niobate waveguide arrays. / Bennet, Francis H.; Alexander, Tristram J.; Haslinger, Franz et al.
2011 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics: Laser Science to Photonic Applications, CLEO 2011. IEEE Computer Society, 2011. 5951337 (2011 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics: Laser Science to Photonic Applications, CLEO 2011).

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Bennet FH, Alexander TJ, Haslinger F, Mitchell A, Neshev DN , Kivshar YS. Nonlinear self-trapping of broad beams in defocusing lithium niobate waveguide arrays. In 2011 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics: Laser Science to Photonic Applications, CLEO 2011. IEEE Computer Society. 2011. 5951337. (2011 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics: Laser Science to Photonic Applications, CLEO 2011). doi: 10.1364/qels.2011.qmd2

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