Soliton emission in amplifying lattice surfaces.
We address surface solitons supported by the interface of optical lattices imprinted in saturable media with surface-localized gain. The nonlinearity saturation puts restrictions on the maximal energy flow carried by surface solitons. As a consequence, the presence of a thin amplifying layer near the surface results in the controllable emission of solitons toward the lattice at angles depending on the amplification rate and lattice depth.
Kartashov
Yaroslav V
YV
ICFO-Institut de Ciences Fotoniques, and Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, 08860 Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain. Yaroslav.Kartashov@icfo.es
Vysloukh
Victor A
VA
Torner
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