Three dimensional trajectories of interacting incoherent photorefractive solitons

A. Stepken, M. R. Belic, F. Kaiser, W. Królikowski, B. Luther-Davies

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    Abstract

    We investigate theoretically and experimentally the three dimensional propagation and interaction of mutually incoherent screening spatial solitons in an SBN crystal. We show that the interaction of solitons results in complex trajectories which typically show partial mutual spiraling, followed by damped oscillations and the fusion of solitons. This nontrivial behavior is caused by the anisotropy of the nonlinear refractive index change in the crystal.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)540-543
    Number of pages4
    JournalPhysical Review Letters
    Volume82
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1999

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