Malendevich, R.R., Friedrich, L., Stegeman, G.I., Soto-Crespo, J.M., Akhmediev, N.N. and Aitchison, J.S. (2002) Radiation-related polarization instability of Kerr spatial vector solitons. Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics, 19, pp. 695-702. (doi: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.00069)
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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.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Authors: | Malendevich, R.R., Friedrich, L., Stegeman, G.I., Soto-Crespo, J.M., Akhmediev, N.N., and Aitchison, J.S. |
| College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Electronics and Nanoscale Engineering |
| Journal Name: | Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics |
| Publisher: | Optical Society of America |
| ISSN: | 0740-3224 |
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