Radiation-related polarization instability of Kerr spatial vector solitons

Roman R. Malendevich*, Lars Friedrich, George I. Stegeman, Jose M. Soto-Crespo, Nail N. Akhmediev, James Stewart Aitchison

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    Abstract

    We report the experimental observation and numerical simulations of a polarization instability of spatial vector solitons in an AlGaAs slab waveguide. At power levels where the nonlinear index change becomes comparable to the birefringence, the fast soliton becomes unstable. The instability is related to coupling of the fast soliton to the slow radiation modes through phase matching. The combined effects of bifurcation and radiation coupling are the processes ultimately limiting the stability of any single-polarization (fast and slow) Kerr soliton.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)695-702
    Number of pages8
    JournalJournal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics
    Volume19
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Apr 2002

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