DocumentCode
2884567
Title
Spatial Thirring-type solitons via electromagnetically induced transparency
Author
Friedler, Inbal ; Kurizki, Gershon ; Cohen, Oren ; Segev, Moti
Author_Institution
Dept. of Chem. Phys., Weizmann Inst. of Sci., Rehovot
fYear
2006
fDate
21-26 May 2006
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We show that the giant Kerr nonlinearity in the regime of electromagnetically induced transparency in vapor can give rise to the formation of Thirring-type spatial solitons, which are supported solely by cross-phase modulation.
Keywords
optical Kerr effect; optical modulation; optical solitons; phase modulation; self-induced transparency; cross-phase modulation; electromagnetically induced transparency; giant Kerr nonlinearity; spatial thirring-type soliton formation; vapor; Atom optics; Chemical technology; Nonlinear optics; Optical beams; Optical diffraction; Optical modulation; Optical solitons; Physics; Pulse modulation; Scanning probe microscopy; (190.5530) Pulse propagation and solitons; (270.1670) Coherent optical effects;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
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
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4629035
Filename
4629035
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