Two-dimensional soliton in cubic fs laser written waveguide arrays in fused silica

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作者：

Szameit, Alexander

Burghoff, Jonas

Pertsch, Thomas

Nolte, Stefan

Tuennermann, Andreas

Lederer, Falk

机构：

[1] Univ Jena, Inst Appl Phys, D-07743 Jena, Germany

[2] Fraunhofer Inst Appl Opt & Precis Engn, D-07745 Jena, Germany

[3] Univ Jena, Inst Condensed Matter Theory & Opt, D-07743 Jena, Germany

来源：

OPTICS EXPRESS | 2006年 / 14卷 / 13期

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D O I：

10.1364/OE.14.006055

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

The observation of a two-dimensional discrete soliton in a cubic 5 x 5 fs laser written waveguide array in fused silica is reported for the first time. In addition to the localization the sharp edges of the array allow to study the influence of the array's boundaries. The results are in excellent agreement with theoretical predictions and provide the basis for a variety of future applications for nonlinear two-dimensional integrated optical devices. (c) 2006 Optical Society of America.

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页码：6055 / 6062

页数：8

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