Multisoliton emission from a nonlinear waveguide

1 November 1986

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A

Vol. 34 (5) , 4442-4444
https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.34.4442

Abstract

We demonstrate numerically that external excitation of a nonlinear waveguide can produce sequential threshold behavior via multisoliton emission from the waveguide. This behavior is similar to that predicted to occur at a nonlinear interface.

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