Open AccessSymmetry breaking of discrete solitons and its suppression by partial incoherence
Author(s) -
Shao-Chuan Wang,
Ming-Feng Shih
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.15.010446
Subject(s) - physics , instability , symmetry breaking , parity (physics) , optics , symmetry (geometry) , quantum mechanics , classical mechanics , quantum electrodynamics , geometry , mathematics
We study the symmetry breaking instability of discrete solitons with even parity in a 1-D waveguide array, and find that such instability can be suppressed by adding spatial incoherence. This is true for both staggered and unstaggered modes.