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Multipole-mode surface solitons

Year: 2006

Type: article

Abstract: We discover multipole-mode solitons supported by the surface between two distinct periodic lattices imprinted in Kerr-type nonlinear media. Such solitons are possible because the refractive index modulation at both sides of the interface glues together their out-of-phase individual constituents. Remarkably, we find that the new type of solitons may feature highly asymmetric shapes, and yet they are stable over wide domains of their existence, a rare property to be attributed to their surface nature.

Source: Optics Letters

DOI: 10.1364/ol.31.002172

Authors: Yaroslav V. Kartashov, Lluis Torner

Institutions: Institute of Photonic Sciences, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Language: English

Topic: Nonlinear Photonic Systems

Subfield: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2153115266

FWCI: 6.675

Cites: 26

Cited by: 54

Related to: 10