Abstract

We have investigated the interaction between two dissipative spatial solitons of different frequencies in periodically patterned semiconductor optical amplifiers. The experimental results are in good agreement with the theory. Simulations suggest that multiwavelength interactions do not produce stable bound solitons unless the system’s modeling equations are completely symmetric.

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Coherent interactions of dissipative spatial solitons

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