Abstract:We present a simplified model for describing the propagation of optical solitons through optical lattices. A pair of second order differential equations for the transverse coordinates of the intensity centroid of the soliton are deduced from the nonlinear Schrödinger equation. As an advantage over the quasiparticle approach we avoid the need of integrating algebraically the soliton intensity profile over the lattice. This allows modeling soliton motion even for non-symmetric lattice potentials, as that present… Show more
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