• DocumentCode
    2883550
  • Title

    Observation of attraction of dark solitons

  • Author

    Petersen, D.E. ; Krolikowski, W. ; Dreischuh, A. ; Neshev, D. ; Bang, O.

  • Author_Institution
    Res. Sch. of Phys. Sci. & Eng., Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    12-17 June 2005
  • Firstpage
    51
  • Abstract
    This study demonstrates experimentally that dark solitons can exhibit attractive forces when propagating in nonlinear media with nonlocal response. The interaction of dark solitons in thermal medium is studied by solving numerically ensuing model equation. This work also shows experimental results on the separation between the dark solitons during their propagation, obtained in experiments with paraffin oil doped with iodine as a nonlinear medium.
  • Keywords
    dark states; nonlinear media; optical solitons; attractive forces; dark solitons; iodine-doped paraffin oil; nonlinear media; nonlocal response; soliton attraction; soliton propagation; thermal medium; Absorption; Laser theory; Liquids; Numerical models; Optical propagation; Physics; Refractive index; Solitons; Temperature; Thermal conductivity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics Conference, 2005. EQEC '05. European
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8973-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EQEC.2005.1567223
  • Filename
    1567223