Power-dependent soliton steering in thermal nonlinear media

Fangwei Ye*, Yaroslav V. Kartashov, Bambi Hu, Lluis Torner

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Abstract

We address the existence and properties of optical solitons excited in thermal nonlinear media with a transverse refractive index gradient. The interplay between the nonlocality of the thermal nonlinearity and the linear refractive index enables generating controllable switching from surface soliton propagating near the sample edges to bulk solitons. Beam steering associated with the different soliton output locations can be achieved by varying the input light intensity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2658-2660
Number of pages3
JournalOptics Letters
Volume34
Issue number17
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2009

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