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Symmetry breaking and manipulation of nonlinear optical modes in an asymmetric double-channel waveguide

Optics 2015-06-01 v1

Abstract

We study light-beam propagation in a nonlinear coupler with an asymmetric double-channel waveguide and derive various analytical forms of optical modes. The results show that the symmetry-preserving modes in a symmetric double-channel waveguide are deformed due to the asymmetry of the two-channel waveguide, yet such a coupler supports the symmetry-breaking modes. The dispersion relations reveal that the system with self-focusing nonlinear response supports the degenerate modes, while for self-defocusingmedium the degenerate modes do not exist. Furthermore, nonlinear manipulation is investigated by launching optical modes supported in double-channel waveguide into a nonlinear uniform medium.

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@article{arxiv.1109.6525,
  title  = {Symmetry breaking and manipulation of nonlinear optical modes in an asymmetric double-channel waveguide},
  author = {Rujiang Li and Fei Lv and Lu Li and Zhiyong Xu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1109.6525},
  year   = {2015}
}

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