Title :
Incoherent solitons and condensation processes
Author :
Picozzi, Antonia ; Haelterman, Marc ; Pitois, S. ; Millot, G.
Author_Institution :
LPMC, Univ. de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France
Abstract :
We show that coherent phase effects may play a relevant role in the nonlinear propagation of partially incoherent waves, which lead to unexpected processes of condensation, or incoherent soliton generation in instantaneous response nonlinear media.
Keywords :
light coherence; nonlinear media; optical Kerr effect; optical fibres; optical solitons; coherent phase effects; condensation processes; incoherent soliton generation; nonlinear media; nonlinear propagation; partially incoherent waves; Coherence; Delay; Fluctuations; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical propagation; Optical solitons; Photorefractive effect; Photorefractive materials; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8557-8
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363433
