Gap solitons in nonlinear spatiotemporal photonic crystals and gratings

Fabio Biancalana; Andreas Amann; Eoin P. O'Reilly

doi:10.1117/12.767235

21 April 2008 Gap solitons in nonlinear spatiotemporal photonic crystals and gratings

Fabio Biancalana, Andreas Amann, Eoin P. O'Reilly

Proceedings Volume 6989, Photonic Crystal Materials and Devices VIII; 698909 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.767235
Event: SPIE Photonics Europe, 2008, Strasbourg, France

Abstract

We have generalized the concept of nonlinear periodic structures to dielectric systems that show arbitrary spatial and temporal variations of the refractive index. Nonlinear pulse propagation through these spatiotemporal photonic crystals can be described, for shallow nonstationary gratings, by coupled mode equations which are a generalization of the traditional equations used for stationary Bragg gratings. Novel gap soliton solutions are found analytically. They represent a generalization of the gap solitons in static photonic crystals and resonance solitons found in dynamic gratings.

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Fabio Biancalana, Andreas Amann, and Eoin P. O'Reilly "Gap solitons in nonlinear spatiotemporal photonic crystals and gratings", Proc. SPIE 6989, Photonic Crystal Materials and Devices VIII, 698909 (21 April 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.767235

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