Multiband Vector Lattice Solitons
- 10 September 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 91 (11) , 113901
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.91.113901
Abstract
We predict multiband vector solitons in nonlinear periodic systems, using photonic lattices as a prime example. The solitons consist of two optical fields arising from different bands of the transmission spectrum, which involve both bound state and radiation mode components.Keywords
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