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Rapid Repetition Rate Fluctuation Measurement of Soliton Crystals in a Microresonator
Published on: December 15, 2021
Linear superpositions of gap solitons in periodic Kerr media
Yuliy V Bludov1, Vladimir V Konotop, Mario Salerno
1Centro de Física, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga 4710-057, Portugal. bludov@fisica.uminho.pt
Abstract:
The existence of a type of soliton in periodic Kerr media constructed as a superposition of noninteracting gap solitons of different kinds (bright, dark, and periodic) is first demonstrated. The periodic modulation of the nonlinearity is used to suppress the cross-phase modulation between component solitons to allow the superimposed beam to propagate for long distances.
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