Light propagation along a helical waveguide: variational approach

Aleksandra I. Strinić*, Najdan B. Aleksić, Milivoj R. Belić, Milan S. Petrović

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Abstract

We investigate numerically and analytically light propagation in a single spiral waveguide formed in a nonlinear dielectric medium, in the regime of low spatial frequency of the waveguide rotation. We present a general variational approach for computing soliton parameters analytically, which includes various types of nonlinearity. In the particular case of media with cubic-quintic nonlinearity, analytical expressions found are in very good agreement with the numerical findings.

Original languageEnglish
Article number310
JournalOptical and Quantum Electronics
Volume52
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2020
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Light propagation
  • Spiral waveguide
  • Variational approach

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