Title:
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Observation of two-dimensional surface solitons in asymmetric waveguide arrays
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Author:
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Szameit, Alexander; Kartashov, Yaroslav V.; Dreisow, Felix; Pertsch, T; Nolte, Stefan; Tunnermann, A; Torner Sabata, Lluís
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Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Teoria del Senyal i Comunicacions; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. FOTONICA - Grup de Recerca de Fotònica |
Abstract:
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We report on the experimental observation of two-dimensional surface waves localized at the edge or in the corner of femtosecond laser-written waveguide arrays in fused silica. Increasing the power of the input beam allows one to observe a clear transition from a linear diffraction pattern to localized nonlinear surface states, which can exist at the interface only above a certain power threshold. This constitutes the first ever experimental observation of two-dimensional nonlinear surface solitons in optics. |
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Peer Reviewed |
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-Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació::Telecomunicació òptica::Fotònica -Photonics -Fotònica |
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Article - Published version Article |
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