Discrete vector solitons in Kerr nonlinear waveguide arrays.
We report the first experimental observation of discrete vector solitons in AlGaAs nonlinear waveguide arrays. These self-trapped states are possible through the coexistence of two orthogonally polarized fields and are stable in spite of the presence of four-wave mixing effects. We demonstrate that at sufficiently high power levels the two polarizations lock into a highly localized vector discrete soliton that would have been otherwise impossible in the absence of either one of these two components.
Meier
Joachim
J
CREOL/School of Optics, University of Central Florida, Orlando 32816, USA.
Hudock
Jared
J
Christodoulides
Demetrios
D
Stegeman
George
G
Silberberg
Y
Y
Morandotti
R
R
Aitchison
J S
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