Spatial Solitons in Planar Waveguides,
Abstract
Recent papers claim to have observed spatial solitons in planar waveguides where confinement is provided in one transverse (y) dimension by a linear refractive-index difference and in the orthogonal (x) dimension by self-trapping due to an intensity-dependent refractive-index variation. If these experiments really do allow nonlinear effects to be observed independently in the x dimension, then the transverse field should take a separable form as used implicitly. We explore the nature and accuracy of this assumption beginning with the stable, isolated soliton and returning at the end to the general propagation problem.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 22, 1992
- Accession Number
- ADP007628
Entities
People
- C. Pask
- Q. Y. Li
- R. A. Sammut
Organizations
- University of New South Wales