Simple model for spatial optical solitons in planar waveguides
- 15 July 1991
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 16 (14) , 1083-1085
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.16.001083
Abstract
We use a variational method to develop a simple model for the steady-state behavior of self-trapped beams that have recently been observed in nonlinear planar waveguides. The model allows us to study the transition from two-dimensional to three-dimensional self-trapping as power levels increase and also to investigate the effect of saturation on these beams.Keywords
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