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Zhong M, Wang L, Li P, Yan Z. Spontaneous symmetry breaking and ghost states supported by the fractional PT-symmetric saturable nonlinear Schrödinger equation. CHAOS (WOODBURY, N.Y.) 2023; 33:013106. [PMID: 36725663 DOI: 10.1063/5.0128910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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We report a novel spontaneous symmetry breaking phenomenon and ghost states existed in the framework of the fractional nonlinear Schrödinger equation with focusing saturable nonlinearity and PT-symmetric potential. The continuous asymmetric soliton branch bifurcates from the fundamental symmetric one as the power exceeds some critical value. Intriguingly, the symmetry of fundamental solitons is broken into two branches of asymmetry solitons (alias ghost states) with complex conjugate propagation constants, which is solely in fractional media. Besides, the dipole and tripole solitons (i.e., first and second excited states) are also studied numerically. Moreover, we analyze the influences of fractional Lévy index ( α) and saturable nonlinear parameters (S) on the symmetry breaking of solitons in detail. The stability of fundamental symmetric soliton, asymmetric, dipole, and tripole solitons is explored via the linear stability analysis and direct propagations. Moreover, we explore the elastic/semi-elastic collision phenomena between symmetric and asymmetric solitons. Meanwhile, we find the stable excitations from the fractional diffraction with saturation nonlinearity to integer-order diffraction with Kerr nonlinearity via the adiabatic excitations of parameters. These results will provide some theoretical basis for the study of spontaneous symmetry breaking phenomena and related physical experiments in the fractional media with PT-symmetric potentials.
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- Ming Zhong
- KLMM, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Yanqi Lake Beijing Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Applications, Beijing 101408, China
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- Department of Physics, Taiyuan Normal University, Taiyuan 030031, China
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- KLMM, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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Stabilization of Axisymmetric Airy Beams by Means of Diffraction and Nonlinearity Management in Two-Dimensional Fractional Nonlinear Schrödinger Equations. Symmetry (Basel) 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/sym14122664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The propagation dynamics of two-dimensional (2D) ring-Airy beams is studied in the framework of the fractional Schrödinger equation, which includes saturable or cubic self-focusing or defocusing nonlinearity and Lévy index ((LI) alias for the fractionality) taking values 1≤α≤2. The model applies to light propagation in a chain of optical cavities emulating fractional diffraction. Management is included by making the diffraction and/or nonlinearity coefficients periodic functions of the propagation distance, ζ. The management format with the nonlinearity coefficient decaying as 1/ζ is considered too. These management schemes maintain stable propagation of the ring-Airy beams, which maintain their axial symmetry, in contrast to the symmetry-breaking splitting instability of ring-shaped patterns in 2D Kerr media. The instability driven by supercritical collapse at all values α<2 in the presence of the self-focusing cubic term is eliminated, too, by the means of management.
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Wu J, Jia P, Wang S, Wang X, Yuan J, Wang L, Hu Y, Chen Z, Xu J. Measuring saturable nonlinearity in atomic vapor via direct spatial mapping. OPTICS EXPRESS 2022; 30:43012-43020. [PMID: 36523009 DOI: 10.1364/oe.472652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2022] [Accepted: 10/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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We demonstrate a scheme to measure the saturable nonlinearity of atomic vapor by mapping its nonlinear response function onto a light beam profile. Our analysis shows that a part of a nonlinear optical solution solved in a model governing the nonlinear beam dynamics in atomic vapor can be used to perform this measurement, even in the presence of large absorption. A desired beam profile is achieved by an evolution of a well-known structured beam, namely the Airy beam. Using this simple yet effective method, we retrieve the saturable nonlinear response function of rubidium (Rb) atomic vapor in experiment, and employ it in light propagation simulation that reproduces well observed nonlinear dynamics, which nevertheless cannot be fitted in a strong nonlinear regime with an ideal Kerr approximation. Our method is applicable to a broad spectrum of materials featured with saturable nonlinearities.
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Bile A, Chauvet M, Tari H, Fazio E. Supervised learning of soliton X-junctions in lithium niobate films on insulator. OPTICS LETTERS 2022; 47:5893-5896. [PMID: 37219130 DOI: 10.1364/ol.468997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2022] [Accepted: 10/06/2022] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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In this Letter, the first implementation, to our knowledge, of X-junctions between photorefractive soliton waveguides in lithium niobate-on-insulator (LNOI) films is reported. The experiments were performed on 8 µm thick films of congruent undoped LiNbO3. Compared with bulk crystals, the use of films reduces the soliton formation time, allows more control over the interaction between the injected soliton beams, and opens a route to integration with silicon optoelectronics functions. The created X-junction structures show effective supervised learning, directing the signals propagated inside the soliton waveguides into the output channels highlighted by the control assigned by the external supervisor. Thus, the obtained X-junctions have behaviors analogous to biological neurons.
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Xin F, Falsi L, Pierangeli D, Fusella F, Perepelitsa G, Garcia Y, Agranat AJ, DelRe E. Intense Wave Formation from Multiple Soliton Fusion and the Role of Extra Dimensions. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022; 129:043901. [PMID: 35939016 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.043901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2022] [Revised: 05/02/2022] [Accepted: 06/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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We experimentally and numerically explore the role of dimensionality in multiple (three or more) soliton fusion supported by nonreciprocal energy exchange. Three-soliton fusion into an intense wave is found when an extra dimension, with no broken inversion symmetry, is involved. The phenomenon is observed for 2+1D spatial waves in photorefractive crystals, where solitons are supported by a spatially local saturated Kerr-like self-focusing and fusion is driven by the leading nonlocal correction, the spatial analog of the nonlinear Raman effect.
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- Feifei Xin
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma "La Sapienza," 00185 Rome, Italy
- College of Physics and Materials Science, Tianjin Normal University, 300387, Tianjin, China
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma "La Sapienza," 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma "La Sapienza," 00185 Rome, Italy
- ISC-CNR, Università di Roma "La Sapienza," 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma "La Sapienza," 00185 Rome, Italy
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- The Brojde Center for Innovative Engineering and Computer Science, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- The Brojde Center for Innovative Engineering and Computer Science, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- The Brojde Center for Innovative Engineering and Computer Science, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma "La Sapienza," 00185 Rome, Italy
- ISC-CNR, Università di Roma "La Sapienza," 00185 Rome, Italy
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Hu H, Luo D, Pan C, Qin Y, Zhang Y, Wei D, Chen H, Gao H, Li F. Collapse of hybrid vector beam in Rb atomic vapor. OPTICS LETTERS 2021; 46:2614-2617. [PMID: 34061070 DOI: 10.1364/ol.423216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2021] [Accepted: 04/30/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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In recent years, many researchers have tried to control and design the collapsing behavior of light beams in nonlinear media. Vector beams coupling with spin and orbit angular momentum freedom have attracted more and more attention. In this Letter, we study the collapse of a hybrid vector beam (HVB) propagating through rubidium atomic vapor. First, the HVB collapses into filaments located at positions with linear polarization. As propagation distance in atomic vapor increases, the locations of the filaments switch from positions with linear polarization to those with circular polarization. In this process, the absorption of the medium plays an important role. Results indicate that the absorption can be used as a degree of freedom to modulate the filamentation. Furthermore, by analyzing the polarization angle of an elliptically polarized position on the transverse plane of the HVB, we demonstrate the evolution of polarization distribution of HVB during propagation. Such results could have application in manipulating other structured beams and could be potentially applied to realize optical switches or logic for information processing.
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Li P, Li R, Dai C. Existence, symmetry breaking bifurcation and stability of two-dimensional optical solitons supported by fractional diffraction. OPTICS EXPRESS 2021; 29:3193-3210. [PMID: 33770923 DOI: 10.1364/oe.415028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2020] [Accepted: 12/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We study existence, bifurcation and stability of two-dimensional optical solitons in the framework of fractional nonlinear Schrödinger equation, characterized by its Lévy index, with self-focusing and self-defocusing saturable nonlinearities. We demonstrate that the fractional diffraction system with different Lévy indexes, combined with saturable nonlinearity, supports two-dimensional symmetric, antisymmetric and asymmetric solitons, where the asymmetric solitons emerge by way of symmetry breaking bifurcation. Different scenarios of bifurcations emerge with the change of stability: the branches of asymmetric solitons split off the branches of unstable symmetric solitons with the increase of soliton power and form a supercritical type bifurcation for self-focusing saturable nonlinearity; the branches of asymmetric solitons bifurcates from the branches of unstable antisymmetric solitons for self-defocusing saturable nonlinearity, featuring a convex shape of the bifurcation loops: an antisymmetric soliton loses its stability via a supercritical bifurcation, which is followed by a reverse bifurcation that restores the stability of the symmetric soliton. Furthermore, we found a scheme of restoration or destruction the symmetry of the antisymmetric solitons by controlling the fractional diffraction in the case of self-defocusing saturable nonlinearity.
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Grishin SV, Dmitriev BS, Moskalenko OI, Skorokhodov VN, Sharaevskii YP. Self-generation of chaotic dissipative multisoliton complexes supported by competing nonlinear spin-wave interactions. Phys Rev E 2018; 98:022209. [PMID: 30253498 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.98.022209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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A self-generation of chaotic dissipative spin-wave multisoliton complexes has been observed experimentally. Localized in time, these patterns are formed in a passively Q-switched and mode-locked magnetic film feedback ring due to the competing three- and four-wave nonlinear spin-wave interactions. Such competition induces a modulation instability that leads to the formation of incoherent one-color four-wave bound solitons embedded in chaotic three-wave solitonlike pulses. The development of a symmetry-breaking instability causes a transition from incoherent one-color four-wave bound solitons to chaotic multicolor ones.
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- Sergey V Grishin
- Department of Electronics, Oscillations and Waves, Saratov State University, Saratov 410012, Russia
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- Department of Nonlinear Physics, Saratov State University, Saratov 410012, Russia
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- Department of Open System Physics, Saratov State University, Saratov 410012, Russia
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- Department of Electronics, Oscillations and Waves, Saratov State University, Saratov 410012, Russia
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- Department of Nonlinear Physics, Saratov State University, Saratov 410012, Russia
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Sagiv A, Ditkowski A, Fibich G. Loss of phase and universality of stochastic interactions between laser beams. OPTICS EXPRESS 2017; 25:24387-24399. [PMID: 29041384 DOI: 10.1364/oe.25.024387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2017] [Accepted: 09/08/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Traditionally, interactions between laser beams or filaments were considered to be deterministic. We show, however, that in most physical settings, these interactions ultimately become stochastic. Specifically, we show that in the nonlinear propagation of laser beams, the shot-to-shot variation of the nonlinear phase shift increases with distance, and ultimately becomes uniformly distributed in [0, 2π]. Therefore, if two beams travel a sufficiently long distance before interacting, it is not possible to predict whether they would intersect in- or out-of-phase. Hence, if the underlying propagation model is non-integrable, deterministic predictions and control of the outcome of the interaction become impossible. Because the relative phase between the two beams becomes uniformly distributed in [0, 2π], however, the statistics of these stochastic interactions are universal and fully predictable. These statistics can be efficiently computed using a novel universal model for stochastic interactions, even when the noise distribution is unknown.
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Dynamics of necklace beams in nonlinear colloidal suspensions. Sci Rep 2017; 7:11709. [PMID: 28916768 PMCID: PMC5601962 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-12169-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2017] [Accepted: 08/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Recently, we have predicted that the modulation instability of optical vortex solitons propagating in nonlinear colloidal suspensions with exponential saturable nonlinearity leads to formation of necklace beams (NBs). Here, we investigate the dynamics of NB formation and propagation, and demonstrate a variety of optical beam structures emerging upon vortex beam propagation in engineered nonlinear colloidal medium. In particular, we show that the distance at which the NB is formed depends on the input power of the vortex beam. Moreover, we show that the NB trajectories are not necessarily tangent to the initial vortex ring, and that their velocities have components stemming both from the beam diffraction and from the beam orbital angular momentum. We also demonstrate the generation of elliptical rotating solitons and analyze the influence of losses on their propagation. Finally, we investigate the conservation of the orbital angular momentum in necklace and elliptical rotating beams. Our studies, performed in ideal lossless media and in realistic colloidal suspensions with losses, provide a detailed description of NB dynamics, and may be useful in analysis of light propagation in highly scattering colloids and biological samples.
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Raheli A, Sahrai M, Namdar A, Sadighi-Bonabi R. Large Kerr index with amplification in an open four-level atomic system with twofold lower levels. APPLIED OPTICS 2015; 54:10256-10263. [PMID: 26836685 DOI: 10.1364/ao.54.010256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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This paper presents a new freedom, which is the result of atomic injection and exit rates from a cavity associated with an open system, thus leading to a remarkable giant Kerr nonlinearity with applications in all-optical switching. The influence of atomic injection and exit rate from the cavity on nonlinear susceptibility of an open four-level Λ-type atomic system with twofold lower levels is investigated. It is found that large Kerr nonlinearity accompanied with probe gain can be obtained by adjusting the atomic injection rates and exit rate from the cavity, which is completely different from those presented in previous closed atomic systems. Phase control of Kerr nonlinearity in such an open atomic system is then studied.
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Mei Z. Light sources generating self-splitting beams and their propagation in non-Kolmogorov turbulence. OPTICS EXPRESS 2014; 22:13029-13040. [PMID: 24921499 DOI: 10.1364/oe.22.013029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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A class of random sources producing far fields self-splitting intensity profiles with variable spacing between the x and y directions is introduced. The beam conditions for ensuring the sources to generate a beam are derived. Based on the derived analytical expression, the evolution behavior of the beams produced by these families of sources in free space and turbulence atmospheric are explored and comparatively analyzed. By changing the modulation parameters n and m, the degree of coherence of Gaussian Schell-model source in the x and y directions are modulated respectively, and then the number of splitting beams and the spacing between splitting beams can be adjusted. It is illustrated that the self-splitting intensity profile is stable when beams propagate in free space, but they eventually transformed into a Gaussian profiles when it passes at sufficiently large distances from its source through the turbulent atmosphere.
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Khadka U, Sheng J, Xiao M. Spatial domain interactions between ultraweak optical beams. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2013; 111:223601. [PMID: 24329446 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.111.223601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We have observed spatial interactions between two ultraweak optical beams that are initially collinear and nonoverlapping. The weak beams are steered towards each other by a spatially varying cross-Kerr refractive index waveguide written by a strong laser beam in a three-level coherently prepared atomic medium. After fusing together, the combined beam shows controllable phase-dependent behaviors. This is the first observation of solitonlike interactions between weak beams and can be useful for all-optically tunable beam combining, switching, and gating for weak photonic signals.
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- Utsab Khadka
- Department of Physics, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, USA and Department of Physics and National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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Chen Z, Segev M, Christodoulides DN. Optical spatial solitons: historical overview and recent advances. REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS. PHYSICAL SOCIETY (GREAT BRITAIN) 2012; 75:086401. [PMID: 22836010 DOI: 10.1088/0034-4885/75/8/086401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Solitons, nonlinear self-trapped wavepackets, have been extensively studied in many and diverse branches of physics such as optics, plasmas, condensed matter physics, fluid mechanics, particle physics and even astrophysics. Interestingly, over the past two decades, the field of solitons and related nonlinear phenomena has been substantially advanced and enriched by research and discoveries in nonlinear optics. While optical solitons have been vigorously investigated in both spatial and temporal domains, it is now fair to say that much soliton research has been mainly driven by the work on optical spatial solitons. This is partly due to the fact that although temporal solitons as realized in fiber optic systems are fundamentally one-dimensional entities, the high dimensionality associated with their spatial counterparts has opened up altogether new scientific possibilities in soliton research. Another reason is related to the response time of the nonlinearity. Unlike temporal optical solitons, spatial solitons have been realized by employing a variety of noninstantaneous nonlinearities, ranging from the nonlinearities in photorefractive materials and liquid crystals to the nonlinearities mediated by the thermal effect, thermophoresis and the gradient force in colloidal suspensions. Such a diversity of nonlinear effects has given rise to numerous soliton phenomena that could otherwise not be envisioned, because for decades scientists were of the mindset that solitons must strictly be the exact solutions of the cubic nonlinear Schrödinger equation as established for ideal Kerr nonlinear media. As such, the discoveries of optical spatial solitons in different systems and associated new phenomena have stimulated broad interest in soliton research. In particular, the study of incoherent solitons and discrete spatial solitons in optical periodic media not only led to advances in our understanding of fundamental processes in nonlinear optics and photonics, but also had a very important impact on a variety of other disciplines in nonlinear science. In this paper, we provide a brief overview of optical spatial solitons. This review will cover a variety of issues pertaining to self-trapped waves supported by different types of nonlinearities, as well as various families of spatial solitons such as optical lattice solitons and surface solitons. Recent developments in the area of optical spatial solitons, such as 3D light bullets, subwavelength solitons, self-trapping in soft condensed matter and spatial solitons in systems with parity-time symmetry will also be discussed briefly.
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- Zhigang Chen
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA 94132, USA
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Wang R, Wu Z, Zhang Y, Zhang Z, Yuan C, Zheng H, Li Y, Zhang J, Zhang Y. Observation of multi-component spatial vector solitons of four-wave mixing. OPTICS EXPRESS 2012; 20:14168-14182. [PMID: 22714480 DOI: 10.1364/oe.20.014168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We report the observation of multi-component dipole and vortex vector solitons composed of eight coexisting four-wave mixing (FWM) signals in two-level atomic system. The formation and stability of the multi-component dipole and vortex vector solitons are observed via changing the experiment parameters, including the frequency detuning, powers, and spatial configuration of the involved beams and the temperature of the medium. The transformation between modulated vortex solitons and rotating dipole solitons is observed at different frequency detunings. The interaction forces between different components of vector solitons are also investigated.
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- Ruimin Wang
- Key Laboratory for Physical Electronics, Devices of the Ministry of Education & Shaanxi Key Lab of Information Photonic Technique and School of Science, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
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Mesquita PHF, Jesus-Silva AJ, Fonseca EJS, Hickmann JM. Engineering a square truncated lattice with light's orbital angular momentum. OPTICS EXPRESS 2011; 19:20616-21. [PMID: 21997070 DOI: 10.1364/oe.19.020616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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We engineer an intensity square lattice using the Fraunhofer diffraction of a Laguerre-Gauss beam by a square aperture. We verify numerically and experimentally that a perfect optical intensity lattice takes place only for even values of the topological charge. We explain the origin of this behavior based on the decomposition of the patterns. We also study the evolution of the lattice formation by observing the transition from one order to the next of the orbital angular momentum varying the topological charge in fractional steps.
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- Pedro H F Mesquita
- Optics and Materials Group – OPTMA, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Caixa Postal 2051, Maceió, AL 57061-970, Brazil
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Villafranca AB, Saravanamuttu K. Spontaneous and sequential transitions of a Gaussian beam into diffraction rings, single ring and circular array of filaments in a photopolymer. OPTICS EXPRESS 2011; 19:15560-15573. [PMID: 21934919 DOI: 10.1364/oe.19.015560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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A Gaussian beam propagating in a photopolymer undergoes self-phase modulation to form diffraction rings and then transforms into a single ring, which in turn ruptures into a necklace of stable self-trapped multimode filaments. The transitions of the beam between the three distinct nonlinear forms only occur at intensities where the beam-induced refractive index profile in the medium slowly evolves from a Gaussian to a flattened Gaussian.
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- Ana B Villafranca
- Department of Engineering Physics McMaster University, 1280 Main St W, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4M1, Canada
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Yakimenko AI, Prikhodko OO, Vilchynskyi SI. Bright vector solitons in cross-defocusing nonlinear media. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2010; 82:016605. [PMID: 20866753 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.82.016605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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We study two-dimensional soliton-soliton vector pairs in media with self-focusing nonlinearities and defocusing cross interactions. The general properties of the stationary states and their stability are investigated. The different scenarios of instability are observed using numerical simulations. The quasistable propagation regime of the high-power vector solitons is revealed.
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- A I Yakimenko
- Department of Physics, Taras Shevchenko National University, Kiev, Ukraine
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Yang X, Wu J, Peng Y, Tong Y, Lu P, Ding L, Xu Z, Zeng H. Plasma waveguide array induced by filament interaction. OPTICS LETTERS 2009; 34:3806-3808. [PMID: 20016620 DOI: 10.1364/ol.34.003806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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We demonstrate that interference-assisted coalescence of two noncollinearly overlapped filaments creates a wavelength-scale periodic plasma density modulation to guide the input pulses equivalently as a photonic crystal plasma waveguide. The periodic self-channeling is evidenced by the direct observation of the filament coalescence, which reveals wavelength-scale spatial widths and periodicity dependent on the crossing angles and intensity ratios between the incident filaments.
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- Xuan Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
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D'Asaro E, Heidari-Bateni S, Pasquazi A, Assanto G, Gonzalo J, Solis J, Afonso CN. Interaction of self-trapped beams in high index glass. OPTICS EXPRESS 2009; 17:17150-17155. [PMID: 19770933 DOI: 10.1364/oe.17.017150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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We observe attraction, repulsion and energy exchange between two self-trapped beams in a heavy-metal-oxide glass exhibiting a Kerr-like response with multiphoton absorption. The coherent interaction between spatial solitons is controlled by their relative phase and modelled by a nonlinear dissipative Schrödinger equation.
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- Elena D'Asaro
- NooEL-Nonlinear Optics and OptoElectronics Lab, CNISM and Department of Electronic Engineering-University Roma Tre, Via della Vasca Navale 84, 00146 Rome, Italy
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Zambrini R, Barnett SM. Angular momentum of multimode and polarization patterns. OPTICS EXPRESS 2007; 15:15214-15227. [PMID: 19550805 DOI: 10.1007/0-387-33988-4_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We study the mechanical properties of a broad class of multimode and polarization light patterns, resulting from the interference and superposition of waves in helical modes. General local and global properties of energy and angular momentum (AM) are identified, in order to define the conditions to optimize the AM with increasing beam complexity. We show the possibility to engineer independently the local densities of optical AM and energy, opening the possibility of an experimental demonstration of their respective effects in light-matter interaction. Multimode Laguerre-Gaussian beams also allows us to tailor the local spin AM through the Gouy phase.
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Oxtoby OF, Barashenkov IV. Moving solitons in the discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2007; 76:036603. [PMID: 17930353 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.76.036603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2006] [Revised: 07/17/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Using the method of asymptotics beyond all orders, we evaluate the amplitude of radiation from a moving small-amplitude soliton in the discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation. When the nonlinearity is of the cubic type, this amplitude is shown to be nonzero for all velocities and therefore small-amplitude solitons moving without emitting radiation do not exist. In the case of a saturable nonlinearity, on the other hand, the radiation is found to be completely suppressed when the soliton moves at one of certain isolated "sliding velocities." We show that a discrete soliton moving at a general speed will experience radiative deceleration until it either stops and remains pinned to the lattice or--in the saturable case--locks, metastably, onto one of the sliding velocities. When the soliton's amplitude is small, however, this deceleration is extremely slow; hence, despite losing energy to radiation, the discrete soliton may spend an exponentially long time traveling with virtually unchanged amplitude and speed.
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- O F Oxtoby
- Department of Maths and Applied Maths, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa.
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Medhekar S, Sarkar RK, Paltani PP. Coupled spatial-soliton pairs in saturable nonlinear media. OPTICS LETTERS 2006; 31:77-9. [PMID: 16419883 DOI: 10.1364/ol.31.000077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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We present a simple and straightforward approach to investigate coupled spatial-soliton pairs of two copropagating mutually incoherent (i.e., both beams are fully spatially and temporally coherent, but are incoherent with respect to one another) light beams in saturable nonlinear media. The approach provides a deeper understanding of coupled spatial-soliton pairs and reveals many interesting features, including the entire existence curve of such solitons.
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- S Medhekar
- Department of Applied Physics, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi-835215, India.
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Niu Y, Gong S, Li R, Xu Z, Liang X. Giant Kerr nonlinearity induced by interacting dark resonances. OPTICS LETTERS 2005; 30:3371-3. [PMID: 16389835 DOI: 10.1364/ol.30.003371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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A scheme for giant enhancement of the Kerr nonlinearity in a four-level system with double dark resonances is proposed. Compared with that generated in a single-dark-resonance system, the Kerr nonlinearity can be enhanced by several orders of magnitude with vanishing linear absorption. We attribute this dramatic enhancement to the interaction of dark resonances.
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- Yueping Niu
- State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
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Rotschild C, Cohen O, Manela O, Segev M, Carmon T. Solitons in nonlinear media with an infinite range of nonlocality: first observation of coherent elliptic solitons and of vortex-ring solitons. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2005; 95:213904. [PMID: 16384143 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.95.213904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2004] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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We present an experimental study on wave propagation in highly nonlocal optically nonlinear media, for which far-away boundary conditions significantly affect the evolution of localized beams. As an example, we set the boundary conditions to be anisotropic and demonstrate the first experimental observation of coherent elliptic solitons. Furthermore, exploiting the natural ability of such nonlinearities to eliminate azimuthal instabilities, we perform the first observation of stable vortex-ring solitons. These features of highly nonlocal nonlinearities affected by far-away boundary conditions open new directions in nonlinear science by facilitating remote control over soliton propagation.
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- Carmel Rotschild
- Physics Department and Solid State Institute, Technion, Haifa 32000, Israel
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Vinçotte A, Bergé L. Femtosecond optical vortices in air. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2005; 95:193901. [PMID: 16383978 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.95.193901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2005] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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We examine the robustness of ultrashort optical vortices propagating freely in the atmosphere. We first approximate the stability regions of femtosecond spinning pulses as a function of their topological charge. Next, we numerically demonstrate that atmospheric optical vortices are capable of conveying high power levels in air over hundreds of meters before they break up into filaments.
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- Antoine Vinçotte
- Département de Physique Théorique et Appliquée, CEA/DAM Ile de France, B.P. 12, 91680 Bruyères-le-Châtel, France
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Wu HC, Sheng ZM, Zhang J. Interactive dynamics of two copropagating laser beams in underdense plasmas. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2004; 70:026407. [PMID: 15447601 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.70.026407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The interaction of two copropagating laser beams with crossed polarization in the underdense plasmas has been investigated analytically with the variational approach and numerically. The coupled envelope equations of the two beams include both the relativistic mass correction and the ponderomotive force effect. It is found that the relativistic effect always plays the role of beam attraction, while the ponderomotive force can play both the beam attraction and beam repulsion, depending upon the beam diameters and their transverse separation. In certain conditions, the two beam centers oscillate transversely around a propagation axis. In this case, the ponderomotive effect can lead to a higher oscillation frequency than that accounting for the relativistic effect only. The interaction of two beams decreases the threshold power for self-focusing of the single beam. A strong self-trapping beam can channel a weak one.
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- Hui-Chun Wu
- Laboratory of Optical Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100080, China
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Katz O, Carmon T, Schwartz T, Segev M, Christodoulides DN. Observation of elliptic incoherent spatial solitons. OPTICS LETTERS 2004; 29:1248-1250. [PMID: 15209261 DOI: 10.1364/ol.29.001248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We present the first experimental observation of spatially incoherent elliptic solitons. We use partially spatially incoherent light with anisotropic correlation statistics and observe elliptic solitons supported by the photorefractive screening nonlinearity.
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- Omer Katz
- Department of Physics and Solid State Institute, Technion, Haifa 32000, Israel
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Neshev DN, Alexander TJ, Ostrovskaya EA, Kivshar YS, Martin H, Makasyuk I, Chen Z. Observation of discrete vortex solitons in optically induced photonic lattices. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2004; 92:123903. [PMID: 15089673 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.92.123903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We report on the first experimental observation of discrete vortex solitons in two-dimensional optically induced photonic lattices. We demonstrate strong stabilization of an optical vortex by the lattice in a self-focusing nonlinear medium and study the generation of the discrete vortices from a broad class of singular beams.
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- Dragomir N Neshev
- Nonlinear Physics Group, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
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Bigelow MS, Zerom P, Boyd RW. Breakup of ring beams carrying orbital angular momentum in sodium vapor. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2004; 92:083902. [PMID: 14995774 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.92.083902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We have observed filamentation due to azimuthal modulational instabilities in spinning ring solitons with orbital angular momentum m variant Planck's over 2pi in sodium vapor. We show experimentally that vortex beams with m values of 1, 2, and 3 tend to break into two, four, and six filaments, respectively. Treating the sodium vapor as a Doppler broadened two-level atomic system, we find that we can accurately model the propagation and breakup of these beams with numerical simulations.
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- Matthew S Bigelow
- The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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Jeng CC, Shih MF, Motzek K, Kivshar Y. Partially incoherent optical vortices in self-focusing nonlinear media. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2004; 92:043904. [PMID: 14995376 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.92.043904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We observe stable propagation of spatially localized single- and double-charge optical vortices in a self-focusing nonlinear medium. The vortices are created by self-trapping of partially incoherent light carrying a phase dislocation, and they are stabilized when the spatial incoherence of light exceeds a certain threshold. We confirm the vortex stabilization effect by numerical simulations and also show that the similar mechanism of stabilization applies to higher-order vortices.
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- Chien-Chung Jeng
- Physics Department, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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Hong T. Spatial weak-light solitons in an electromagnetically induced nonlinear waveguide. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2003; 90:183901. [PMID: 12786007 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.90.183901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2002] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We show that a weak probe light beam can form spatial solitons in an electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) medium composed of four-level atoms and a coupling light field. We find that the coupling light beam can induce a highly controllable nonlinear waveguide and exert very strong effects on the dynamical behavior of the solitons. Hence, in the EIT medium, it is not only possible to produce spatial solitons at very low light intensities but also simultaneously control these solitons by using the coupling-light-induced nonlinear waveguide.
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- Tao Hong
- NTT Basic Research Laboratories, NTT Corporation, 3-1, Morinosato-Wakamiya, Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa 243-0198, Japan
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DelRe E, D'Ercole A, Agranat AJ. Emergence of linear wave segments and predictable traits in saturated nonlinear media. OPTICS LETTERS 2003; 28:260-262. [PMID: 12653365 DOI: 10.1364/ol.28.000260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We find the key behind the existence traits of asymptotic saturated nonlinear optical solitons in the emergence of linear wave segments. These traits, produced by the progressive relegation of nonlinear dynamics to wave tails, allow a direct and versatile analytical prediction of self-trapping existence conditions and simple soliton scaling laws, which we confirm experimentally in saturated-Kerr self-trapping observed in photorefractives. This approach provides the means to correctly evaluate beam tails in the saturated regime, which is instrumental in the prediction of soliton interaction forces.
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- Eugenio DelRe
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università dell'Aquila, 67100 Aquila, Italy.
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Davydova TA, Yakimenko AI, Zaliznyak YA. Two-dimensional solitons and vortices in normal and anomalous dispersive media. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2003; 67:026402. [PMID: 12636817 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.67.026402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2002] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We study solitons and vortices described by the (2+1)-dimensional fourth-order generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equation with cubic-quintic nonlinearity. Necessary conditions for the existence of such structures are investigated analytically using conservation laws and asymptotic behavior of localized solutions. We derive the generalized virial relation, which describes the combined influence of linear and nonlinear effects on the evolution of the wave packet envelope. By means of refined variational analysis, we predict the main features of steady soliton solutions, which have been shown to be in good agreement with our numerical results. Soliton and vortex stability is investigated by linear analysis and direct numerical simulations. We show that stable bright solitons exist in nonlinear Kerr media both in anomalous and normal dispersive regimes, even if only the fourth-order dispersive effect is taken into account. Vortices occur robust with respect to symmetry-breaking azimuthal instability only in the presence of additional defocusing quintic nonlinearity in the strongly nonlinear regime. We apply our results to the theoretical explanation of whistler self-induced waveguide propagation in plasmas, and discuss possible applications to light beam propagation in cubic-quintic optical materials and to solitons in two-dimensional molecular systems.
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- T A Davydova
- Institute for Nuclear Research, Prospect Nauki 47, Kiev 03680, Ukraine.
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We propose a new kind of an optical spatial soliton: the holographic soliton. This soliton consists of two mutually coherent field components that interfere, induce a periodic change in the refractive index, and simultaneously are Bragg diffracted from the grating. Holographic solitons are formed when the broadening tendency of diffraction is balanced by phase modulation that is due to Bragg diffraction from the induced grating. Holographic solitons are solely supported by cross-phase modulation arising from the induced grating, not involving self-phase modulation at all.
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Cohen O, Uzdin R, Carmon T, Fleischer JW, Segev M, Odouov S. Collisions between optical spatial solitons propagating in opposite directions. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2002; 89:133901. [PMID: 12225028 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.89.133901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2002] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We formulate the theory describing the evolution and interactions between optical spatial solitons that propagate in opposite directions. We show that coherent collisions between counterpropagating solitons give rise to a new focusing mechanism resulting from the interference between the beams, and that interactions between such solitons are insensitive to the relative phase between the beams.
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- Oren Cohen
- Physics Department and Solid State Institute, Technion, Haifa 32000, Israel
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Dong QL, Sheng ZM, Zhang J. Self-focusing and merging of two copropagating laser beams in underdense plasma. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2002; 66:027402. [PMID: 12241329 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.66.027402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2002] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The propagation of two laser beams copropagating in underdense plasma has been studied numerically by solving their coupled envelope equations. It shows that two beams can merge each other, or split into three beams, or propagate with unstable trajectories, depending upon their power and initial beam separation. During the merging process, strong emission of radiation is observed. It also shows that the density cavitation channels due to the transverse ponderomotive force of the beams tend to trap them inside and prevent them from merging each other.
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- Quan-Li Dong
- Laboratory of Optical Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100080, China
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Belić MR, Vujić D, Stepken A, Kaiser F, Calvo GF, Agulló-López F, Carrascosa M. Isotropic versus anisotropic modeling of photorefractive solitons. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2002; 65:066610. [PMID: 12188854 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.65.066610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The question of the isotropic versus anisotropic modeling of incoherent spatial screening solitons in photorefractive crystals is addressed by a careful theoretical and numerical analysis. Isotropic, or local, models allow for an extended spiraling of two interacting scalar solitons, and for a prolonged propagation of vortex vector solitons, whereas anisotropic, nonlocal, models prevent such phenomena. In the context of Kukhtarev's material equations, the difference in behavior is traced to the continuity equation for the current density. We further show that neither an indefinite spiraling of two solitons nor stable propagation of vortex vector solitons is generally possible in both isotropic and anisotropic models. Such systems do not conserve angular momentum, even in the case of an isotropic change in the index of refraction.
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- M R Belić
- Institute of Physics, P.O. Box 57, 11001 Belgrade, Yugoslavia
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Alexander TJ, Bergé L. Ground states and vortices of matter-wave condensates and optical guided waves. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2002; 65:026611. [PMID: 11863682 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.65.026611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2001] [Revised: 10/02/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We analyze the shape and stability of localized states in nonlinear cubic media with space-dependent potentials modeling an inhomogeneity. By means of a static variational approach, we describe the ground states and vortexlike stationary solutions, either in dilute atom gases or in optical cavities, with an emphasis on parabolic-type potentials. First, we determine the existence conditions for soliton and vortex structures for both focusing and defocusing nonlinearity. It is shown that, even for a defocusing medium, soliton modes can exist with a confining potential. Second, step potentials and boundedness effects in hollow capillaries are investigated, which both proceed from a similar analysis. Finally, we discuss applications of this procedure to charged vortices in dilute quantum gases and to Bose-Einstein condensates trapped in the presence of a light-induced Gaussian barrier.
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- Tristram J Alexander
- Nonlinear Physics Group, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
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Musslimani ZH, Yang J. Transverse instability of strongly coupled dark-bright Manakov vector solitons. OPTICS LETTERS 2001; 26:1981-1983. [PMID: 18059752 DOI: 10.1364/ol.26.001981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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We show, by performing linear stability analysis and direct numerical simulations, that dark-soliton transverse instability is significantly reduced in Kerr media by strong coupling to a bright soliton. High instability suppression can be achieved by use of large-amplitude bright solitons.
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Tzortzakis S, Sudrie L, Franco M, Prade B, Mysyrowicz A, Couairon A, Bergé L. Self-guided propagation of ultrashort IR laser pulses in fused silica. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2001; 87:213902. [PMID: 11736340 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.87.213902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We report self-guided propagation of ultrashort IR laser pulses in fused silica over several Rayleigh lengths. Self-guiding is accompanied by pulse splitting and time compression. Numerical simulations involving pulse self-focusing, temporal dispersion, and multiphoton ionization are found to be in good agreement with the experimental results. They show that a quasidynamic equilibrium between multiphoton ionization and self-focusing drives the filamentation process, while temporal dispersion plays a negligible role.
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- S Tzortzakis
- Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée, CNRS UMR 7639, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées-Ecole Polytechnique, Chemin de la Hunière, F-91761 Palaiseau Cedex, France. stzortz@enstay
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Weilnau C, Denz C, Ahles M, Stepken A, Motzek K, Kaiser F. Generation of higher-order optical (2+1)-dimensional spatial vector solitons in a nonlinear anisotropic medium. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2001; 64:056601. [PMID: 11736110 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.64.056601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We investigate the generation of higher-order optical vector solitons in two transverse dimensions in anisotropic nonlinear media consisting of an incoherent superposition of a Gaussian beam and a higher-order laser mode with a complex internal modal structure. We demonstrate both numerically and experimentally various examples of these stable self-trapped light structures and show that vortex modes carrying topological charge always decay into multiple-humped structures that remain self trapped during propagation. Furthermore, we demonstrate the mutual stabilization of a triple- and a double-humped transverse light structure leading to the formation of a two-dimensional vector soliton without a stabilizing fundamental Gaussian mode.
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- C Weilnau
- Institute of Applied Physics, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstrasse 2-4, D-48149 Münster, Germany.
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Berezhiani VI, Skarka V, Aleksić NB. Dynamics of localized and nonlocalized optical vortex solitons in cubic-quintic nonlinear media. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2001; 64:057601. [PMID: 11736151 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.64.057601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2001] [Revised: 06/01/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The nonlinear dynamics of laser beams carrying phase singularity in media with cubic-quintic nonlinearity changing from self-focusing to self-defocusing is examined. A novel kind of stable nonlocalized optical vortices appears in such media as well as localized vortex solitons. Linear stability analysis and numerical simulations show the stability of localized vortices only in the defocusing region.
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- V I Berezhiani
- Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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Anastassiou C, Pigier C, Segev M, Kip D, Eugenieva ED, Christodoulides DN. Self-trapping of bright rings. OPTICS LETTERS 2001; 26:911-913. [PMID: 18040489 DOI: 10.1364/ol.26.000911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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We present experimental observations of self-trapped rings carrying zero topological charge, along with simulations that display the self-focusing dynamics of the rings and their stability features in materials with saturable nonlinearities.
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Musslimani ZH, Soljacić M, Segev M, Christodoulides DN. Interactions between two-dimensional composite vector solitons carrying topological charges. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2001; 63:066608. [PMID: 11415243 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.63.066608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2000] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We present a comprehensive study of interactions (collisions) between two-dimensional composite vector solitons carrying topological charges in isotropic saturable nonlinear media. We numerically study interactions between such composite solitons for different regimes of collision angle and report numerous effects which are caused solely by the "spin" (topological charge) carried by the second excited mode. The most intriguing phenomenon we find is the delayed-action interaction between interacting composite solitons carrying opposite spins. In this case, two colliding solitons undergo a fusion process and form a metastable bound state that decays after long propagation distances into two or three new solitons. Another noticeable effect is spin-orbit coupling in which angular momentum is being transferred from "spin" to orbital angular momentum. This phenomenon occurs at angles below the critical angle, including the case when the initial soliton trajectories are in parallel to one another and lie in the same plane. Finally, we report on shape transformation of vortex component into a rotating dipole-mode solitons that occurs at large collision angles, i.e., at angles for which scalar solitons of all types simply go through one another unaffected.
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- Z H Musslimani
- Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado, Campus Box 526, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0526, USA
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Musslimani ZH, Soljacić M, Segev M, Christodoulides DN. Delayed-action interaction and spin-orbit coupling between solitons. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2001; 86:799-802. [PMID: 11177943 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.86.799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2000] [Revised: 08/15/2000] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We report on new fundamental phenomena in soliton interactions: delayed-action interaction and "spin"-orbit coupling upon collision between two-dimensional composite solitons carrying topological charges.
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- Z H Musslimani
- Department of Mathematics, Technion--Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa
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Soljacić M, Segev M. Integer and fractional angular momentum borne on self-trapped necklace-ring beams. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2001; 86:420-423. [PMID: 11177845 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.86.420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2000] [Revised: 09/08/2000] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We present self-trapped necklace-ring beams that carry and conserve angular momentum. Such beams can have a fractional ratio of angular momentum to energy, and they exhibit a series of phenomena typically associated with rotation of rigid bodies and centrifugal force effects.
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- M Soljacić
- Physics Department, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Krolikowski W, Ostrovskaya EA, Weilnau C, Geisser M, McCarthy G, Kivshar YS, Denz C, Luther-Davies B. Observation of dipole-mode vector solitons. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2000; 85:1424-1427. [PMID: 10970520 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.85.1424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2000] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We report on the first experimental observation of a novel type of optical vector soliton, a dipole-mode soliton, recently predicted theoretically. We show that these vector solitons can be generated in a photorefractive medium employing two different processes: a phase imprinting, and a symmetry-breaking instability of a vortex-mode vector soliton. The experimental results display remarkable agreement with the theory, and confirm the robust nature of these radially asymmetric two-component solitary waves.
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- W Krolikowski
- Laser Physics Centre, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
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Soljacic M, Segev M. Self-trapping of "necklace-ring" beams in self-focusing kerr media. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL PHYSICS, PLASMAS, FLUIDS, AND RELATED INTERDISCIPLINARY TOPICS 2000; 62:2810-2820. [PMID: 11088763 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.62.2810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/1999] [Revised: 03/27/2000] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Recently, we suggested a type of self-trapped optical beams that can propagate in a stable form in (2+1)D self-focusing Kerr media: Necklace-ring beams [M. Soljacic, S. Sears, and M. Segev, Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4851 (1998)]. These self-trapped necklaces slowly expand their ring diameter as they propagate as a result of a net radial force that adjacent "pearls" (azimuthal spots) exert on each other. Here, we revisit the self-trapped necklace beams and investigate their properties analytically and numerically. Specifically, we use two different approaches and find analytic expressions for the propagation dynamics of the necklace beams. We show that the expansion dynamics can be controlled and stopped for more than 40 diffraction lengths, making it possible to start thinking about interaction-collision phenomena between self-trapped necklaces and related soliton effects. Such self-trapped necklace-ring beams should also be observable in all other nonlinear systems described by the cubic (2+1)D nonlinear Shrodinger equation-in almost all nonlinear systems in nature that describe envelope waves.
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- M Soljacic
- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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