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Asymmetric partially coherent solitons in saturable nonlinear media

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Litchinitser, Natalia M; Akhmediev, Nail; Agrawal, G P; Krolikowski, Wieslaw

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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...[Show more]

dc.contributor.authorLitchinitser, Natalia M
dc.contributor.authorAkhmediev, Nail
dc.contributor.authorAgrawal, G P
dc.contributor.authorKrolikowski, Wieslaw
dc.date.accessioned2009-08-26T00:49:11Z
dc.date.accessioned2010-12-20T06:03:28Z
dc.date.available2009-08-26T00:49:11Z
dc.date.available2010-12-20T06:03:28Z
dc.identifier.citationPhysical Review, E, Statistical, Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics 60.2 (1999): 2377-2380
dc.identifier.issn1539-3755
dc.identifier.issn1550-2376
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10440/769
dc.identifier.urihttp://digitalcollections.anu.edu.au/handle/10440/769
dc.description.abstractWe 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. [S1063-651X(99)12808-3]
dc.format4 pages
dc.publisherAmerican Physical Society
dc.rightshttp://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/index.php "Author can archive pre-print (ie pre-refereeing) … post-print (ie final draft post-refereeing) … [and] publisher's version/PDF. Link to publisher version … [and] Copyright notice required. Publisher's version/PDF can be used on … employers web site." - from SHERPA/RoMEO site (as at 25/02/10). ©1999 The American Physical Society
dc.sourcePhysical Review Letters
dc.source.urihttp://prola.aps.org/abstract/PRE/v60/i2/p2377_1
dc.subjectKeywords: Light propagation; Nonlinear optics; Optical materials; Refractive index; Partially coherent solitons; Solitons
dc.titleAsymmetric partially coherent solitons in saturable nonlinear media
dc.typeJournal article
local.description.refereedYes
local.identifier.citationvolume60
dc.date.issued1999
local.identifier.absfor020501
local.identifier.ariespublicationMigratedxPub24792
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationAkhmediev, Nail, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Optical Sciences Centre
local.contributor.affiliationLitchinitser, Natalia M, University of Rochester
local.contributor.affiliationKrolikowski, Wieslaw, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Laser Physics Centre
local.contributor.affiliationAgrawal, G P, University of Rochester
local.bibliographicCitation.issue2
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage2377
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage2380
local.identifier.doi10.1103/PhysRevE.60.2377
dc.date.updated2015-12-12T09:35:54Z
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-0032663536
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