Propagation properties of spatial optical solitons in different nonlocal nonlinear media with arbitrary degrees of nonlocality

We address the physical features exhibited by spatial optical solitons propagating in nonlocal Kerr-type media with Gaussian-shaped response and exponential-decay response, respectively. An iteration algorithm based on the split-step Fourier method is developed to obtain the numerical solutions of the solitons for the nonlocal nonlinear Schrödinger equation with arbitrary degrees of nonlocality. Our numerical results show that the soliton properties in the normalized system are different with the change of the degree of nonlocality and with the different responses. The profiles undergo a gradual and continuous transition from a Gaussian-shaped function in the strongly nonlocal case to a hyperbolic secant function in the local case for the Gaussian-shaped response, but for the exponential-decay response, the soliton profile is not Gaussian-shaped even in the strongly nonlocal cases. For the same response function, the stronger the nonlocality is, the higher the critical powers for solitons are and the larger of the phase shifts of the solitons. For the same degrees of nonlocality, when the degrees of nonlocality is larger enough, both the critical power and the phase shift for the Gaussian-shaped response are larger than that for the exponential-decay response.     

The （l＋l）-dimensional spatial solitons in media with weak nonlinear nonlocality

We study the propagation of (1+1)-dimensional spatial soliton in a nonlocal Kerr-type medium with weak nonlocality. First, we show that an equation for describing the soliton propagation in weak nonlocality is a nonlinear Schr?dinger equation with perturbation terms. Then, an approximate analytical solution of the equation is found by the perturbation method. We also find some interesting properties of the intensity profiles of the soliton.     

Soliton mobility in nonlocal optical lattices

We address the impact of nonlocality in the physical features exhibited by solitons supported by Kerr-type nonlinear media with an imprinted optical lattice. We discover that the nonlocality of the nonlinear response can profoundly affect the soliton mobility, hence all the related phenomena. Such behavior manifests itself in significant reductions of the Peierls-Nabarro potential with an increase in the degree of nonlocality, a result that opens the rare possibility in nature of almost radiationless propagation of highly localized solitons across the lattice.     

Gap solitons supported by optical lattices in photorefractive crystals with asymmetric nonlocality

We address the impact of the asymmetric nonlocal diffusion nonlinearity of gap solitons supported by photorefractive crystals with an imprinted optical lattice. We reveal how the asymmetric nonlocal response alters the domains of existence and the stability of solitons originating from different gaps. We find that in such media gap solitons cease to exist above a threshold of the nonlocality degree. We discuss how the interplay between nonlocality and lattice strength modifies the gap soliton mobility.     

Incoherently coupled Hermite-Gaussian breather and soliton pairs in strongly nonlocal nonlinear media

We theoretically investigate the propagation of incoherently coupled Hermite-Gaussian breather and soliton pairs in strongly nonlocal nonlinear media. It is found that multipole-mode soliton pairs with arbitrary different orders of Hermite-Gaussian shape can exist when the total power of two beams equals the critical power and the ratio of the beam widths for the Gaussian part is inversely proportional to the square root of the ratio of the wave numbers. When the total power does not equal the critical power, the Hermite-Gaussian breather pair exists and their beam widths evolve analogously. For general cases where the ratio of the beam widths is arbitrary, soliton-breather pairs or breather-breather pairs can be formed and their beam widths evolve synchronously in-phase or out-of-phase. Numerical simulations directly based on the nonlocal nonlinear Schrödinger equation are conducted for comparison with our theoretical predictions. The numerical stability analysis shows the higher-order Hermite-Gaussian solitons can not be stable for small nonlocality or for some media like liquid crystals.     

Gray spatial solitons in nonlocal nonlinear media

We study gray solitons in nonlocal nonlinear media and show that they are stable and can form bound states. We reveal that the gray soliton velocity depends on the nonlocality degree and that it can be drastically reduced in highly nonlocal media. This is in contrast with the case of local media, where the maximal velocity is dictated solely by the asymptotic soliton amplitude.     

非局域高次非线性介质中的多极暗孤子

研究一维非局域三-五次非线性模型下,暗孤子和多极暗孤子的新解和传输特性.发现非局域程度和非线性参量变化对暗孤子的峰值和束宽产生影响,并且在特定的竞争非局域非线性参数下存在稳定基态暗孤子和多极暗孤子的束缚态.另外,讨论了在局域自聚焦三次和非局域自散焦五次非线性介质中暗孤子和两极暗孤子的传输特性,发现孤子比在自散焦三次和自聚焦五次的非线性介质中传输更加稳定.进一步研究了单暗孤子和三极暗孤子的功率与传播常数和非局域程度的关系,并讨论了不同类型暗孤子的线性稳定性问题.     

Spatial soliton steering induced by weak nonlocality in optical lattices

We investigate the soliton steering in weakly nonlocal nonlinear media with harmonic modulation of the refractive index. It is shown that the weak nonlocality originated from the nonlocal nonlinear response of medium induces a transverse modulation of the refractive index, which leads to the occurrence of interplay between the weak nonlocality-induced transverse modulation and the harmonic modulation. Thus, one can control the soliton steering in weakly nonlocal medium, such as nematic liquid crystal, by employing the competition between the weak nonlocality parameter and the lattice depth.     

非局域非线性克尔介质中两极孤子的变分解

利用变分法对一种假设的两极孤子进行了研究,得到了该两极孤子的参数耦合方程,并对由参数耦合方程得到的结果进行了数值模拟.结果表明,在光束能量较高,趋近于强非局域的情况下,两极孤子横向强度呈一阶厄米-高斯型分布;光束能量较低的弱非局域情况下,两极孤子的两个强度峰之间有一个平台出现.此两极孤子模型还可退化为高斯光束,得到高斯孤子解.     

Formation of combined solitons in two-component Bose—Einstein condensates

<正>We investigate the combined soliton solutions of two-component Bose—Einstein condensates with external potential. The "phase diagram" is obtained for the formation regions of different combined solitons.Our results show that the intraspecies(interspecies) interaction strengths and the external trapped potential clearly affect the formation of dark-dark, bright-bright,and dark-bright soliton solutions in different regions.Especially,we find that the bright-bright (dark-dark) soliton can exist in the case of both repulsive(attractive) intraspecies interaction strengths in the presence of external potential.This novel phenomenon is completely different from the formation of soliton solution of one-component Bose-Einstein condensates without external potential,and it will be useful for the study of two-component Bose-Einstein condensates.     

Incoherently coupled vector dipole soliton pairs in nonlocal media

We investigate the incoherently and strongly coupled Manakov vector dipole soliton pairs in nonlocal nonlinear media. We use variational approach, to describe analytical properties of these solutions in a strongly nonlocal regime. We show that the presence of fundamental component improve stability of the dipole nonlocal soliton. In the limit of highly nonlocal nonlinearity, the evolution behaviors of the vector solitons is determined by their total power.     

强非局域光晶格中空间孤子的脉动传播

根据强非局域结构中空间孤子的演化方程——非局域非线性薛定谔方程,采用分步傅里叶方法,对一维强非局域光晶格结构中空间孤子的脉动传播进行数值研究.分析了孤子的初始光束能量、非局域程度、光晶格调制强度、光晶格周期以及线性折射率的纵向调制率与空间孤子的脉动传播周期之间的关系,并对影响脉动传播的内在物理机制进行了讨论.同时,还研究了在线性折射率纵向调制情况下强非局域光晶格结构中空间孤子传输的开关行为. 关键词： 非局域非线性薛定谔方程 光晶格 空间孤子 光开关     

(1+2)维各向同性介质中的旋转椭圆空间光孤子

从(1+2)维非局域非线性薛定谔方程出发, 通过坐标变换得到了旋转坐标系下的非局域非线性薛定谔方程. 假设响应函数为高斯型, 用虚时间法数值求解了旋转坐标系下的非局域非线性薛定谔方程的静态孤子解, 迭代出了不同非局域程度条件下的静态椭圆孤子数值解. 最后采用分步傅里叶算法, 以迭代的孤子解作为初始输入波形, 模拟了在不同的非局域程度条件下, (1+2)维椭圆空间光孤子的旋转传输特性. 强非局域时, 椭圆光孤子的长轴方向和短轴方向波形都是高斯型, 其他的非局域程度下, 不是高斯型. 由此表明：(1+2)维椭圆光孤子对非局域程度依赖性很强. 旋转角速度和功率均与非局域程度以及孤子的椭圆度有关.     

Separate holographic screening soliton pairs in a biased series photorefractive crystal circuit

Holographic dark (bright) screening solitons are predicted in one dimension for a series circuit consisting of two photorefractive crystals connected electronically by electrode leads in a chain with a voltage source. Each crystal can support a holographic screening soliton. The two solitons are known collectively as a separate holographic screening soliton pair with three types: bright--bright, bright--dark and dark--dark. The numerical results show that the two solitons in a soliton pair can affect each other through a light-induced current and their coupling can affect their spatial profiles under the limit in which the optical wave has a spatial extent much less than the width of the crystal.     

不同非局域程度条件下空间光孤子的传输特性

光束在非局域非线性介质中传输由非局域非线性薛定谔方程描述.讨论了在不同非局域程度 条件下，空间光孤子的传输特性.提出了一个基于分步傅里叶算法数值求解孤子波形和分布 的迭代算法.假定介质的非线性响应函数为高斯型，得出了在不同非局域程度条件下空间光 孤子的数值解，并数值证明了它们的稳定性.结果表明，不论非局域程度如何，光束都能以 光孤子态在介质中稳定传输.光孤子的波形是从强非局域时的高斯型过渡到局域时的双曲正 割型，形成孤子的临界功率随非局域程度的减弱而减小，光孤子相位随距离线性增大，相位 的变化率随非局域程度的减弱而减小. 关键词： 非局域非线性薛定谔方程 空间光孤子 临界功率 相位     

Beam evolutions of solitons in strongly nonlocal media with fading optical lattices

We address the impact of imprinted fading optical lattices on the beam evolution of solitons in strongly nonlocal nonlinear media. The results show that the width of the soliton experiences a change with the increasing propagation distance, the critical power for the soliton varies with the lattice fading away, and the soliton breathing is affected by the initial lattice depth and the nonlocality degree.     

利用Z扫描技术确定非局域非线性介质的非线性折射率

采用高斯分解法，分析并讨论了非局域非线性介质的Z扫描特性.基于介质的非线性响应函数为高斯型，给出了用于确定非局域非线性介质的非线性折射率系数的透过率表达式，分析了非局域非线性介质的非局域程度对透过率曲线的影响,得到了计算非局域非线性介质的非线性折射率系数以及非局域程度的方法，讨论了由于非局域性条件所带来的对实验上的一些参数的调整，提出了测量介质非局域程度的可行的实验方法并说明了其他注意事项.同时还数值模拟了在介质的响应函数为双曲正割型情况下通过薄样品的远场Z扫描曲线，并与高斯响应情况下的结果进行了比较. 关键词： 非局域程度 薄介质 远场条件 Z扫描曲线')" href="#">Z扫描曲线     

FILAMENTATION INSTABILITY OF LASER BEAMS IN NONLOCAL NONLINEAR MEDIA

The filamentation instability of laser beams propagating in nonlocal nonlinear media is investigated. It is shown that the filamentation instability can occur in weakly nonlocal self-focusing media for any degree of nonlocality, and in defocusing media for the input light intensity exceeding a threshold related to the degree of nonlocality. A linear stability analysis is used to predict the initial growth rate of the instability. It is found that the nonlocality tends to suppress filamentation instability in self-focusing media and to stimulate filamentation instability in self-defocusing media. Numerical simulations confirm the results of the linear stability analysis and disclose a recurrence phenomenon in nonlocal self-focusing media analogous to the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam problem.     

The mobility of nonlocal solitons in fading optical lattices

We study the soliton mobility in nonlocal nonlinear media with an imprinted fading optical lattice. The results show that the transverse mobility of solitons varies with the lattice decay rate and the nonlocality degree, which provides an opportunity for all-optical control of light.     

Upper threshold for stability of multipole-mode solitons in nonlocal nonlinear media

We address the stability of multipole-mode solitons in nonlocal Kerr-type nonlinear media. Such solitons comprise several out-of-phase peaks packed together by the forces acting between them. We discover that dipole-, triple-, and quadrupole-mode solitons can be made stable, whereas all higher-order soliton bound states are unstable.