Transverse instability of transverse-magnetic solitons and nonlinear surface plasmons
Optics Letters, Vol. 34, Issue 19, pp. 2982-2984 (2009)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.34.002982
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Abstract
We analyze stability of the TM polarized optical solitons and nonlinear guided waves localized at a metal-dielectric interface. We demonstrate, both analytically and numerically, that the spatial solitons can experience vectorial transverse modulational instability that leads to the generation of arrays of two-dimensional TM polarized self-trapped localized beams. In a sharp contrast, we reveal that the transverse instability is completely eliminated for nonlinear surface plasmons.
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OCIS Codes
(190.3270) Nonlinear optics : Kerr effect
(190.4420) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, transverse effects in
(190.6135) Nonlinear optics : Spatial solitons
ToC Category:
Nonlinear Optics
History
Original Manuscript: July 1, 2009
Revised Manuscript: August 4, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: August 23, 2009
Published: September 25, 2009
Citation
Yuan-Yao Lin, Ray-Kuang Lee, and Yuri S. Kivshar, "Transverse instability of transverse-magnetic solitons and nonlinear surface plasmons," Opt. Lett. 34, 2982-2984 (2009)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-34-19-2982
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