title: Controlling light by light in a one-dimensional resonant photonic crystal.
abstract: We consider the interaction and stability of gap solitons in a one-dimensional, resonant, photonic crystal with a defect state produced by a linear localized mode, or by an incoherent pump. Soliton propagation is investigated using both an analytical treatment and the direct numerical integration of the two-wave Maxwell-Bloch equations. Our results demonstrate that the soliton can be trapped, reflected from, or tunnel through the defect state.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Vorobijevy Gory, Moscow 119899, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: B I
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Mantsyzov
authors.forename: I V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Mel'nikov
authors.forename: J Stewart
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Aitchison