Gyrating solitons in a necklace of optical waveguides

I. V. Barashenkov and Daniel Feinstein
Phys. Rev. A 103, 023532 – Published 25 February 2021

Abstract

We consider light pulses in a circular array of 2N coupled nonlinear optical waveguides. The waveguides are either Hermitian or alternate gain and loss in a PT-symmetric fashion. Simple patterns in the array include a ring of 2N pulses traveling abreast and a breather—a string of pulses where all even and all odd waveguides flash in turn. In addition, the structure displays solitons gyrating around the necklace by switching from one waveguide to the next. Some of the gyrating solitons are stable while other ones are weakly unstable and evolve into gyrating multiflash strings. By tuning the gain-loss coefficient, the gyration of solitons in a non-Hermitian array may be reversed without changing the direction of their translational motion.

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  • Received 2 November 2020
  • Accepted 28 January 2021

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.103.023532

©2021 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Atomic, Molecular & Optical

Authors & Affiliations

I. V. Barashenkov

  • Centre for Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa and Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia

Daniel Feinstein

  • Keble College, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PG, United Kingdom

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Vol. 103, Iss. 2 — February 2021

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