Asymmetric partially coherent solitons in saturable nonlinear media.

abstract

• We investigate theoretically properties of partially coherent solitons in optical nonlinear media with slow saturable nonlinearity. We have found numerically that such a medium can support spatial solitons which are asymmetric in shape and are composed of only a finite number of modes associated with the self-induced waveguide. It is shown that these asymmetric spatial solitons can propagate many diffraction lengths without changes, but that collisions change their shape and may split them apart.

authors

• Krolikowski, Wieslaw

published proceedings

• Phys Rev E Stat Phys Plasmas Fluids Relat Interdiscip Topics

author list (cited authors)

• Litchinitser, N. M., Krlikowski, W., Akhmediev, N. N., & Agrawal, G. P.

citation count

• 31

complete list of authors

• Litchinitser, NM||Królikowski, W||Akhmediev, NN||Agrawal, GP

publication date

• August 1999

publisher

• American Physical Society (APS)  Publisher

published in

• Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics  Journal

keywords

• 0205 Optical Physics

PubMed Central ID

• 11970034

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1103/physreve.60.2377

start page

• 2377

end page

• 2380

volume

• 60

issue

• 2 Pt B

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physreve.60.2377