Soliton mobility in nonlocal optical lattices

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BOZKURT M., Kartashov Y., Torner L.

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, vol.95, no.11, 2005 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 95 Issue: 11
  • Publication Date: 2005
  • Doi Number: 10.1103/physrevlett.95.113901
  • Journal Name: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

We address the impact of nonlocality in the physical features exhibited by solitons supported by Kerr-type nonlinear media with an imprinted optical lattice. We discover that the nonlocality of the nonlinear response can profoundly affect the soliton mobility, hence all the related phenomena. Such behavior manifests itself in significant reductions of the Peierls-Nabarro potential with an increase in the degree of nonlocality, a result that opens the rare possibility in nature of almost radiationless propagation of highly localized solitons across the lattice.