Gap solitons supported by optical lattices in photorefractive crystals with asymmetric nonlocality

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BOZKURT M., Kartashov Y. V., Torner L.

OPTICS LETTERS, vol.31, no.13, pp.2027-2029, 2006 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 31 Issue: 13
  • Publication Date: 2006
  • Doi Number: 10.1364/ol.31.002027
  • Journal Name: OPTICS LETTERS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.2027-2029
  • Ankara University Affiliated: No

Abstract

We address the impact of the asymmetric nonlocal diffusion nonlinearity of gap solitons supported by photorefractive crystals with an imprinted optical lattice. We reveal how the asymmetric nonlocal response alters the domains of existence and the stability of solitons originating from different gaps. We find that in such media gap solitons cease to exist above a threshold of the nonlocality degree. We discuss how the interplay between nonlocality and lattice strength modifies the gap soliton mobility. (c) 2006 Optical Society of America.