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
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;
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.2006.4629035
