Abstract
We show that reflection losses suffered by discrete solitons along sharp bends in two-dimensional waveguide-array networks can be almost eliminated. Analysis indicates that this can be accomplished by appropriately engineering the corner site of the bend. Our analytical results are verified by numerical simulations.
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Demetrios N. Christodoulides and Eugenia D. Eugenieva, "Minimizing bending losses in two-dimensional discrete soliton networks: errata," Opt. Lett. 27, 369-369 (2002)https://opg.optica.org/ol/abstract.cfm?uri=ol-27-5-369
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