Dark spatial soliton propagation in bulk ZnSe

Author

Skinner, Steven R. ; Allan, Graham R. ; Andersen, David R. ; Smirl, Arthur L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Iowa Univ., Iowa City, IA, USA

Volume

27

Issue

9

fYear

1991

fDate

9/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2211

Lastpage

2219

Abstract

The propagation of dark spatial solitons was experimentally demonstrated in bulk ZnSe at λ=532 nm using a picosecond laser system. Several propagation and collision parameters were measured and compared with analytic and numerical predictions. It is shown that the propagation parameters behave in a manner consistent with two-dimensional analytic and three-dimensional numerical predictions. The important result is that it is possible to create pronounced dark spatial solitons on a bright optical pulse which do not disappear due to the self-defocusing and diffraction processes operating in the media of interest

Keywords

II-VI semiconductors; high-speed optical techniques; nonlinear optics; solitons; zinc compounds; 532 nm; II-VI semiconductor; bright optical pulse; bulk ZnSe; collision parameters; dark spatial soliton propagation; diffraction processes; numerical predictions; picosecond laser system; propagation parameters; self-defocusing; three-dimensional numerical predictions; two dimensional analytic result; Communication switching; Decision support systems; Delay; Laser theory; Nonlinear optics; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Optical solitons; Velocity measurement; Zinc compounds;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.135180

Filename

135180