Collisions between optical spatial solitons propagating in opposite directions

Collisions between optical spatial solitons propagating in opposite directions

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...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physical review letters 2002-09, Vol.89 (13), p.133901-133901, Article 133901
Hauptverfasser: Cohen, Oren, Uzdin, Raam, Carmon, Tal, Fleischer, Jason W, Segev, Mordechai, Odouov, Serguey
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:0031-9007
1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.133901