Anomalous interaction of spatial solitons in photorefractive media Academic Article

abstract

• We investigate the interaction of mutually incoherent spatial solitons in photorefractive media with anisotropic nonlocal nonlinear response. We show that the photorefractive nonlinearity leads to an anomalous interaction between solitons. Theoretical and experimental results reveal that an incoherent soliton pair may experience both attractive and repulsive forces, depending on their mutual separation. 1998 The American Physical Society.

authors

• Krolikowski, Wieslaw

published proceedings

• PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

author list (cited authors)

• Krolikowski, W., Saffman, M., Luther-Davies, B., & Denz, C.

citation count

• 150

complete list of authors

• Krolikowski, W||Saffman, M||Luther-Davies, B||Denz, C

publication date

• April 1998

publisher

• American Physical Society (APS)  Publisher

published in

• Physical Review Letters  Journal

keywords

• 51 Physical Sciences
• 5108 Quantum Physics

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.3240

start page

• 3240

end page

• 3243

volume

• 80

issue

• 15

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.80.3240