EXPERIMENTAL-OBSERVATION OF SPATIAL SOLITON-INTERACTIONS

被引:182
作者
AITCHISON, JS [1 ]
WEINER, AM [1 ]
SILBERBERG, Y [1 ]
LEAIRD, DE [1 ]
OLIVER, MK [1 ]
JACKEL, JL [1 ]
SMITH, PWE [1 ]
机构
[1] BELLCORE,RED BANK,NJ 07701
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10.1364/OL.16.000015
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We report the experimental observation of interaction forces between two fundamental spatial optical solitons in a nonlinear glass waveguide. Both attraction and repulsion were observed, depending on the relative phase between the solitons.
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页数:3
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