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Anderson localization of solitons in optical lattices with random frequency modulation
Yaroslav V Kartashov1, Victor A Vysloukh
1ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques and Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, 08034, Barcelona, Spain.
Abstract:
We report on the phenomenon of Anderson-type localization of walking solitons in optical lattices with random frequency modulation, manifested as dramatic enhancement of soliton trapping probability on lattice inhomogeneities with the growth of the frequency fluctuation level. The localization process is strongly sensitive to the lattice depth since in shallow lattices walking solitons experience random refraction and/or multiple scattering in contrast to relatively deep lattices, where solitons are typically immobilized in the vicinity of local minimums of modulation frequency.
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