Composite band-gap solitons in nonlinear optically induced lattices

Phys Rev Lett. 2003 Oct 10;91(15):153902. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.153902. Epub 2003 Oct 8.

Abstract

We introduce novel optical solitons that consist of a periodic and a spatially localized component coupled nonlinearly via cross-phase modulation. The spatially localized optical field can be treated as a gap soliton supported by the optically induced nonlinear grating. We find different types of these band-gap composite solitons and demonstrate their dynamical stability.