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
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