Surface multi-gap vector solitons

Ivan L. Garanovich*, Andrey A. Sukhorukov, Yuri S. Kivshar, Mario Molina

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    Abstract

    We analyze nonlinear collective effects near surfaces of semiinfinite periodic systems with multi-gap transmission spectra and introduce a novel concept of multi-gap surface solitons as mutually trapped surface states with the components associated with different spectral gaps. We find numerically discrete surface modes in semi-infinite binary waveguide arrays which can support simultaneously two types of discrete solitons, and analyze different multi-gap states including the soli ton-induced waveguides with the guided modes from different gaps and composite vector solitons.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)4780-4785
    Number of pages6
    JournalOptics Express
    Volume14
    Issue number11
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - May 2006

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