Title :
Induced coherence and stable soliton spiraling
Author :
Buryak, A.V. ; Kivshar, Yuri S. ; Ming-Feng Shih ; Segev, Mordechai
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Math. & Stat., Australian Defence Force Acad., Canberra, ACT, Australia
Abstract :
Summary form only given. We develop a theory of soliton spiraling in a saturable bulk nonlinear medium and reveal a new physical mechanism: periodic power exchange via induced coherence, which can lead to stable spiraling and the formation of dynamical soliton bound states. We show theoretically and experimentally that soliton spiraling can be controlled by the degree of mutual initial coherence.
Keywords :
bound states; light coherence; nonlinear media; optical saturation; optical self-focusing; optical solitons; bulk nonlinear medium; dynamical soliton bound states; induced coherence; mutual initial coherence; periodic power exchange; physical mechanism; saturable bulk nonlinear medium; soliton spiraling; stable soliton spiraling; stable spiraling; Astronomy; Australia; Mathematics; Optical diffraction; Optical solitons; Optimized production technology; Photonics; Physics; Statistics; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 1999. QELS '99. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-576-X
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.1999.807340
