Quantum-noise-initiated symmetry breaking of spatial solitons

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作者
Jenkins, SD [1 ]
Salerno, D
Minardi, S
Tamosauskas, G
Kennedy, TAB
Di Trapani, P
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[1] Georgia Inst Technol, Sch Phys, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA
[2] Univ Insubria, Dipartimento Matemat & Fis, I-22100 Como, Italy
[3] Univ Milan, Dipartimento Fis, I-20133 Milan, Italy
[4] Inst Ciencies Foton, ICFO, E-08034 Barcelona, Spain
[5] Tech Educ Inst Crete, GR-73122 Khania, Greece
[6] Vilnius Univ, Dept Quantum Elect, LT-10222 Vilnius, Lithuania
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.203902
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O4 [物理学];
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The spectra of chi((2)) spatial solitons are measured close to the soliton-formation threshold and show the presence of sidebands, shifted by 39 THz from the laser line. By comparing with the predictions of a quantum optical field model, solved numerically in the full (3+1)-dimensional space, it is claimed that the observed temporal instability of the spatial soliton is seeded by vacuum state fluctuations of the electromagnetic field.
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