Publication Date

2005

Journal or Book Title

Physics Letter A

Abstract

We examine an example of spontaneous symmetry breaking in a double-well waveguide with a symmetric potential. The ground state of the system beyond a critical power becomes asymmetric. The effect is illustrated numerically, and quantitatively analyzed via a Galerkin truncation that clearly shows the bifurcation from a symmetric to an asymmetric steady state. This phenomenon is also demonstrated experimentally when a probe beam is launched appropriately into an optically induced photonic lattice in a photorefractive material.

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This is the pre-published version harvested from arXiv. The published version is located at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6TVM-4FTS062-1&_user=1516330&_coverDate=06%2F06%2F2005&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_origin=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_acct=C000053443&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=1516330&md5=711260fa8e4fbcc83ccf1cea549ad5a9&searchtype=a

Pages

275-280

Volume

340

Issue

1-4

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