Convection-induced stabilization of optical dissipative solitons

Saliya Coulibaly*, Majid Taki, Nail Akhmediev

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    Abstract

    In spatially extended convective systems, the reflection symmetry breaking induced by drift effects leads to a striking nonlinear effect that drastically affects the formation and stability of dissipative solitons in optical parametric oscillators. The phenomenon of nonlinear-induced convection dynamics is revealed using a model of the complex quintic Ginzburg-Landau equation with nonlinear gradient terms in it. Mechanisms leading to stabilization of dissipative solitons by convection are singled out. The predictions are in very good agreement with numerical solutions found from the governing equations of the optical parametric oscillators.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)4410-4412
    Number of pages3
    JournalOptics Letters
    Volume36
    Issue number22
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 15 Nov 2011

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