Attraction of nonlocal dark optical solitons

Nikola I. Nikolov, Dragomir Neshev, Wieslaw Królikowski, Ole Bang, Jens Juul Rasmussen, Peter L. Christiansen

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    Abstract

    We study the formation and interaction of spatial dark optical solitons in materials with a nonlocal nonlinear response. We show that unlike in local materials, where dark solitons typically repel, the nonlocal nonlinearity leads to a long-range attraction and formation of stable bound states of dark solitons.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)286-288
    Number of pages3
    JournalOptics Letters
    Volume29
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Feb 2004

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