Spectral-discrete solitons and localization in frequency space.

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We report families of discrete optical solitons in frequency space, or spectral-discrete solitons existing in a dispersive Raman medium, where individual sidebands are coupled by coherence. The associated time-domain patterns correspond either to trains of ultrashort pulses or to weakly modulated waves. We describe the physics behind the spectral localization and study soliton bifurcations, stability, and dynamics.

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Author/s: Gorbach, A V (AV); Skryabin, D V (DV);

Affiliation: Centre for Photonics and Photonic Materials, Department of Physics, University of Bath, UK. A.Gorbach@bath.ac.uk

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Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Optics letters (Opt Lett), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-Nov; vol 31 (issue 22) : pp 3309-11

Dates: Created 2006/10/30; Completed 2007/01/11;

PMID: 17072406, status: PubMed-not-MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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