Creating very slow optical gap solitons with inter-fiber coupling

We show that gap-acoustic solitons, i.e., optical gap solitons with electrostrictive coupling to sound modes, can be produced with velocities down to less than 2.5% of the speed of light using a fiber Bragg grating that is linearly coupled to a non-Bragg fiber over a finite domain. Forward- and back...

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Published inarXiv.org
Main Authors Shnaiderman, R, Tasgal, Richard S, Band, Y B
Format Paper Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 21.11.2010
Subjects
Acoustic coupling
Coupling
Electrostriction
Physics - Optics
Physics - Pattern Formation and Solitons
Solitary waves
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Summary:We show that gap-acoustic solitons, i.e., optical gap solitons with electrostrictive coupling to sound modes, can be produced with velocities down to less than 2.5% of the speed of light using a fiber Bragg grating that is linearly coupled to a non-Bragg fiber over a finite domain. Forward- and backward-moving light pulses in the non-Bragg fiber that reach the coupling region simultaneously couple into the Bragg fiber and form a moving soliton, which then propagates beyond the coupling region.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1011.4668