Observation of discrete surface solitons.
We report the first observation of discrete optical surface solitons at the interface between a nonlinear self-focusing waveguide lattice and a continuous medium. The effect of power on the localization process of these optical self-trapped states at the edge of an AlGaAs waveguide array is investigated in detail. Our experimental results are in good agreement with theoretical predictions.
Suntsov
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College of Optics and Photonics, CREOL & FPCE, University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Boulevard, Orlando, Florida 32816, USA.
Makris
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Christodoulides
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Stegeman
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Haché
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Morandotti
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Yang
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Salamo
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Sorel
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