Analytical theory for the dark-soliton interaction in nonlocal nonlinear materials with an arbitrary degree of nonlocality

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2010

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Kong, Qian
Wang, Q.
Bang, Ole
Krolikowski, Wieslaw

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American Physical Society

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We investigate theoretically the interaction of dark solitons in materials with a spatially nonlocal nonlinearity. In particular we do this analytically and for arbitrary degree of nonlocality. We employ the variational technique to show that nonlocality

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Keywords: Analytical theory; Arbitrary degree; Attractive force; Dark solitons; Nonlinear materials; Nonlocal; Nonlocal nonlinearities; Nonlocalities; Soliton interactions; Variational techniques; Solitons

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Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

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