Title :
Matrices and Necklaces of Solitons in Nonlocal Nonlinear Media
Author :
Buccoliero, Daniel ; Desyatnikov, Anton S. ; Krolikowski, Wieslaw ; Kivshar, Yuri S.
Author_Institution :
Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra
Abstract :
We introduce novel classes of higher-order spatial optical solitons, analogous to Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) and Hermite-Gaussian (HG) linear eigenmodes, and demonstrate numerically that modulational instability can lead to nontrivial transformations between solitons of different symmetries.
Keywords :
eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; optical modulation; optical solitons; Hermite-Gaussian linear eigenmodes; Laguerre-Gaussian linear eigenmodes; higher-order spatial optical solitons; modulational instability; nontrivial transformations; Australia; Mercury (metals); Nonlinear optics; Optical beams; Optical propagation; Optical solitons; Optical vortices; Optical waveguides; Physics; Transmission line matrix methods;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453670
