• DocumentCode
    3186696
  • Title

    Instabilities of multimode vector solitons in saturable nonlinear media

  • Author

    Motzek, Kristian ; Kaiser, Friedemann

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Appl. Phys., Darmstadt Univ. of Technol., Germany
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    22-27 June 2003
  • Firstpage
    149
  • Abstract
    This study investigates the stability of multimode vector solitons in saturable nonlinear media. An algorithm is developed for numerically solving the equations resulting from linear stability analysis. In addition, the stability threshold for quadrupole-mode vector solitons is also determined.
  • Keywords
    optical saturable absorption; optical solitons; linear stability analysis; multimode vector solitons; saturable nonlinear media; stability threshold; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Equations; Nonlinear optics; Optical propagation; Optical saturation; Optical solitons; Physics; Propagation constant; Stability criteria; Vectors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics Conference, 2003. EQEC '03. European
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7733-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EQEC.2003.1314006
  • Filename
    1314006