STEERABLE OPTICAL WAVE-GUIDES FORMED IN SELF-DEFOCUSING MEDIA BY USING DARK SPATIAL SOLITONS

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作者
LUTHERDAVIES, B [1 ]
YANG, XP [1 ]
机构
[1] AUSTRALIAN NATL UNIV,RES SCH PHYS SCI & ENGN,CTR OPT SCI,CANBERRA,ACT 2601,AUSTRALIA
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10.1364/OL.17.001755
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We demonstrate that steerable, two-dimensional, single-mode optical waveguides can be formed in defocusing media by exciting dark spatial solitons.
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页码:1755 / 1757
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