Title :
Boundary force effects exerted on solitons in nonlinear media with a very large range of nonlocality
Author :
Alfassi, Barak ; Rotschild, Carmel ; Segev, Mordechai ; Cohen, Oren ; Christodoulides, Demetrios N.
Author_Institution :
Solid State Inst., Phys. Dept., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa
Abstract :
We study soliton dynamics arising from forces exerted by far away boundaries, and demonstrate soliton oscillations and steering in pre-determined trajectories.
Keywords :
beam steering; nonlinear media; optical solitons; oscillations; boundary force effects; nonlocal nonlinear media; predetermined trajectories; soliton beam steering; soliton dynamics; soliton oscillations; Acceleration; Boundary conditions; Laser beams; Nonlinear optics; Optical propagation; Optical refraction; Optical solitons; Optical variables control; Particle beams; Temperature; (190.4400) Nonlinear optics, materials; (190.5530) Pulse propagation and solitons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628877
