Title :
Solitons in nonlinear media with infinite range of nonlocality: first observation of coherent elliptic solitons and vortex-ring solitons
Author :
Rotschild, Carmel ; Cohen, Oren ; Manela, Ofer ; Segev, Mordechai ; Carmon, Tal
Author_Institution :
Physics Dept. & Solid State Inst., Technion, Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
We study solitons in highly-nonlocal nonlinear media for which far-away boundary conditions remotely control the evolution of the localized beam, and present the first experimental observation of coherent elliptic solitons and of vortex-ring solitons.
Keywords :
nonlinear media; optical solitons; coherent elliptic solitons; nonlocality nonlinear media; vortex-ring solitons; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Atom optics; Boundary conditions; Glass; Liquid crystals; Nonlinear equations; Nonlinear optics; Optical propagation; Optical solitons; Physics;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1548790
