Nonlinear defect localized modes and composite gray and anti-gray solitons in one-dimensional waveguide arrays with dual-flip defects

• Published in: Optics communications 2017-08, Vol.397, p.105-111
• Main Authors: Liu, Yan, Guan, Yefeng, Li, Hai, Luo, Zhihuan, Mai, Zhijie
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Discrete gray soliton; Discrete localized mode; One-dimensional waveguide array; Phase-flip point defect; Symmetry breaking
• ISSN: 0030-4018; 1873-0310
• DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2017.04.013

We study families of stationary nonlinear localized modes and composite gray and anti-gray solitons in a one-dimensional linear waveguide array with dual phase-flip nonlinear point defects. Unstaggered fundamental and dipole bright modes are studied when the defect nonlinearity is self-focusing. For the fundamental modes, symmetric and asymmetric nonlinear modes are found. Their stable areas are studied using different defect coefficients and their total power. For the nonlinear dipole modes, the stability conditions of this type of mode are also identified by different defect coefficients and the total power. When the defect nonlinearity is replaced by the self-defocusing one, staggered fundamental and dipole bright modes are created. Finally, if we replace the linear waveguide with a full nonlinear waveguide, a new type of gray and anti-gray solitons, which are constructed by a kink and anti-kink pair, can be supported by such dual phase-flip defects. In contrast to the usual gray and anti-gray solitons formed by a single kink, their backgrounds on either side of the gray hole or bright hump have the same phase. •Dual phase-flip point nonlinear defects is embedded into a 1D waveguide arrays.•Stability areas of families of discrete localized mode are identified.•New type of gray/anti-gray soliton, supported by the defects, is found.