Journal article
Observation of fundamental dark spatial solitons in semiconductors using picosecond pulses
Optics letters, Vol.16(3), pp.156-158
1991
DOI: 10.1364/OL.16.000156
PMID: 19773867
Abstract
We report what is to our knowledge the first observation of fundamental dark spatial solitons. The solitons are launched in bulk semiconductors using an initial condition with odd symmetry. In order to form the initial condition, a glass platelet is positioned in one half of an incident 30-psec pulse, creating a pi phase shift in the spatial profile. Several propagation parameters for the solitons are measured experimentally, and good agreement with theory is obtained.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Observation of fundamental dark spatial solitons in semiconductors using picosecond pulses
- Creators
- G. R ALL - Univ. Iowa, cent. laser sci. eng., dep. electrical computer eng., Iowa City IA 52242, United StatesS. R SKINNER - Univ. Iowa, cent. laser sci. eng., dep. electrical computer eng., Iowa City IA 52242, United StatesD. R ANDERSEN - Univ. Iowa, cent. laser sci. eng., dep. electrical computer eng., Iowa City IA 52242, United StatesA. L SMIRL - Univ. Iowa, cent. laser sci. eng., dep. electrical computer eng., Iowa City IA 52242, United States
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Optics letters, Vol.16(3), pp.156-158
- Publisher
- Optical Society of America
- DOI
- 10.1364/OL.16.000156
- PMID
- 19773867
- ISSN
- 0146-9592
- eISSN
- 1539-4794
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1991
- Academic Unit
- Electrical and Computer Engineering; Physics and Astronomy
- Record Identifier
- 9984083998502771
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