Title :
Infinite-range interactions between solitons in highly-nonlocal nonlinear media
Author :
Rotschild, Carmel ; Cohen, Oren ; Alfassi, Barak ; Segev, Mordechai ; Christodoulides, Demetrios N.
Author_Institution :
Phys. Dept. & Solid State Inst., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa
Abstract :
We study soliton interactions in the highly-nonlocal thermal nonlinearity, demonstrating that solitons propagating in different samples, connected by metal-foils, attract one another. We demonstrate 3D-interactions between widely-separated solitons, which spiral about each other from afar.
Keywords :
optical interconnections; optical solitons; highly nonlocal nonlinear media; infinite range interactions; metal foils; solitons; thermal nonlinearity; Glass; Heat transfer; Laser beams; Nonlinear equations; Nonlinear optics; Optical propagation; Optical refraction; Optical solitons; Optical variables control; Temperature; ( 190.4400) Nonlinear optics, materials; ( 190.5530) Pulse propagation and solitons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4629038
