OPTICAL BULLET HOLES - ROBUST CONTROLLABLE LOCALIZED STATES OF A NONLINEAR CAVITY

Authors
FIRTH WJ SCROGGIE AJ
Citation
Wj. Firth et Aj. Scroggie, OPTICAL BULLET HOLES - ROBUST CONTROLLABLE LOCALIZED STATES OF A NONLINEAR CAVITY, Physical review letters, 76(10), 1996, pp. 1623-1626
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
76
Issue
10
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1623 - 1626
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1996)76:10<1623:OBH-RC>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Stable localized states are predicted for a saturable absorber in an o ptical cavity. These ''bullet holes'' resemble 2D spatial solitons, an d we demonstrate an optical memory array scheme based on them. A topol ogical argument shows that one or more unstable localized states coexi st with the stable bullet hole.