Walking solitons in quadratic nonlinear media

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作者
Torner, L [1 ]
Mazilu, D [1 ]
Mihalache, D [1 ]
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[1] INST ATOM PHYS,DEPT THEORET PHYS,R-76900 BUCHAREST,ROMANIA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.2455
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We study self-action of light in parametric wave interactions in nonlinear quadratic media. We show the existence of stationary solitons in the presence of Poynting vector beam walk-off or different group velocities between the waves. We discover that the new solitons constitute a two-parameter family, and they exist for different wave intensities and transverse velocities. We discuss the properties of the walking solitons and their experimental implications.
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页码:2455 / 2458
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