Abstract
We analyze spatiotemporal light localization near the edge of a semi-infinite array of weakly coupled nonlinear optical waveguides and demonstrate the existence of a novel class of continuous-discrete spatiotemporal solitons, the so-called discrete surface light bullets. We show that their properties are strongly affected by the presence of the surface. To this end the crossover between surface and quasi-bulk bullets is studied by analyzing the families of solitons propagating at different distances from the edge of the waveguide array.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 589-595 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Optics Express |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 22 Jan 2007 |