Stabilization of spatiotemporal solitons in Kerr media by dispersive coupling

We introduce a mechanism to stabilize spatiotemporal solitons in Kerr nonlinear media, based on the dispersion of linear coupling between the field components forming the soliton states. Specifically, we consider solitons in a two-core guiding structure with inter-core coupling dispersion (CD). We s...

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Autores: Kartashov, Yaroslav V., Malomed, Boris A., Konotop, Vladimir V., Lobanov, Valery E., Torner Sabata, Lluís|||0000-0002-6491-4210
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/27078
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/27078
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Solitons
Spatial solitons
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Sumario:We introduce a mechanism to stabilize spatiotemporal solitons in Kerr nonlinear media, based on the dispersion of linear coupling between the field components forming the soliton states. Specifically, we consider solitons in a two-core guiding structure with inter-core coupling dispersion (CD). We show that CD profoundly affects properties of the solitons, causing the complete stabilization of the otherwise highly unstable spatiotemporal solitons in Kerr media with focusing nonlinearity. We also find that the presence of CD stimulates the formation of bound states, which, however, are unstable.