High-intensity nanosecond photorefractive spatial solitons

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作者：

Kos, K ^{[1
]}

Salamo, G

Segev, M

机构：

[1] Univ Arkansas, Dept Phys, Fayetteville, AR 72701 USA

[2] Princeton Univ, Dept Elect Engn, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA

来源：

OPTICS LETTERS | 1998年 / 23卷 / 13期

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D O I：

10.1364/OL.23.001001

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We report the observation of high-intensity solitons in a bulk strontium barium niobate crystal. The solitons are observed by use of 8-ns optical pulses with optical intensities greater than 100 MW/cm(2). Each soliton forms and attains its minimum width after roughly ten pulses and reaches e(-1) of the steady-state width after the first pulse. We find good agreement between experimental observations and theoretical predictions for the soliton existence curve. (C) 1998 Optical Society of America.

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