title: Discrete vector solitons in Kerr nonlinear waveguide arrays.
abstract: 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.
authors: CREOL/School of Optics, University of Central Florida, Orlando 32816, USA.
authors: Joachim
authors: J
authors: Meier
authors: Jared
authors: J
authors: Hudock
authors: Demetrios
authors: D
authors: Christodoulides
authors: George
authors: G
authors: Stegeman
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Silberberg
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Morandotti
authors: J S
authors: JS
authors: Aitchison