Title :
Chirosolitons: unique spatial solitons in chiral media
Author :
Hayata, Kazuya ; Koshiba, Masanori
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng. & Inf., Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Japan
fDate :
8/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We show analytically that unique spatial solitons (chirosolitons) can propagate in chiral media that exhibit Kerr-type nonlinearities. In contrast to the solitons in achiral media, unique features of the chirosolitons can be seen in their elliptically polarized nature, the bisoliton state, and the possibility of superluminous phase propagation. Conditions for supporting the bright- and dark-type chirosolitons are discussed
Keywords :
chirowaveguides; electromagnetic wave propagation; solitons; waveguide theory; Kerr-type nonlinearities; bisoliton state; bright-type chirosolitons; chiral media; chirosolitons; dark-type chirosolitons; elliptically polarized nature; intense EM beam propagation; superluminous phase propagation; unique spatial solitons; Electromagnetic propagation; Electromagnetic wave polarization; Liquid crystals; Microwave propagation; Nonlinear optics; Optical films; Optical harmonic generation; Optical polymers; Optical propagation; Optical solitons;
Journal_Title :
Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on
