Energy exchange between （3＋1）D colliding spatiotemporal optical solitons in dispersive media with cubic-quintic nonlinearity

We investigate the energy exchange between （3＋1）D colliding spatiotemporal solitons （STSs） in dispersive media with cubic-quintic （CQ） nonlinearity by numerical simulations. Energy exchange between two （3＋1）D head on colliding STSs caused by their phase difference is observed, just as occurring in other optical media. Moreover, energy exchange between two head-on colliding STSs with different speeds is firstly shown in the CQ and saturable media. This phenomenon, we believe, may arouse some interest in the future studies of soliton collision in optical media.     

Spatial Solitons in 2D Graded-Index Waveguides with Different Distributed Transverse Diffractions

We discuss the nonlinear Schr6dinger equation with variable coefficients in 21） graded-index waveguides with different distributed transverse diffractions and obtain exact bright and dark soliton solutions. Based on these solutions, we mainly investigate the dynamical behaviors of solitons in three different diffraction decreasing waveguides with the hyperbolic, Gaussian and Logarithmic profiles. Results indicate that for the same parameters, the amplitude of bright solitons in the Logarithmic profile and the amplitude of dark solitons in the Gaussian profile are biggest respectively, and the amplitude in the hyperbolic profile is smallest, while the width of solitons has the opposite case.     

Surface superlattice solitons in nonlocal nonlinear media

We analyse surface solitons at the interface between a one-dimensional photonic superlattice and a uniform medium with weak nonlocal nonlinearity. We demonstrate that in deep lattices there exist three kinds of surface solitons when the propagation constant exceeds a critical value, including two on-site solitons and one off-site soliton. These three kinds of surface solitons have unique dynamical properties. If the relative depth of the superlattice is low, there is only one kind of off-site soliton; however, the solitons of this kind can propagate stably, unlike their deep superlattice counterparts. Dipole surface solitons are also investigated, and the stable domain is given.     

Collisions of Two Soatial Solitons in Inhomogeneous Nonlinear Media

Collisions of spatial solitons occurring in the nonlinear Schroeinger equation with harmonic potential are studied, using conservation laws and the split-step Fourier method. We find an analytical solution for the separation distance between the spatial solitons in an inhomogeneous nonlinear medium when the light beam is self-trapped in the transverse dimension. In the self-focusing nonlinear media the spatial solitons can be transmitted stably, and the interaction between spatial solitons is enhanced due to the linear focusing effect （and also diminished for the linear defocusing effect）. In the self-defocusing nonlinear media, in the absence of self-trapping or in the presence of linear self-defocusing, no transmission of stable spatial solitons is possible. However, in such media the linear focusing effect can be exactly compensated, and the spatial solitons can propagate through.     

One-dimensional nonparaxial bright solitons and their coherent interactions in Kerr media

<正>The existence of one-dimensional bright Kerr solitons is investigated in Kerr media beyond the paraxial approximation. It is found that a nonparaxial soliton with no less than a minimum dimensionless width of about 0.76 can exist, which corresponds to the real width about a wavelength.Besides,the coherent interactions between two nonparaxial bright solitons in Kerr media are also investigated in detail.It is found that their separation and intensity ratio have great influence on the coherent interaction between these two solitons.Furthermore,the effect of the relative phase difference on the nonparaxial interaction is quite different from that on the paraxial interaction.Periodical breath, merging,repulsion,and energy transferring can be realized separately by choosing an appropriate initial relative phase between the coherent solitons.     

Generation of breathing solitons in the propagation and interactions of Airy–Gaussian beams in a cubic–quintic nonlinear medium

Using the split-step Fourier transform method, we numerically investigate the generation of breathing solitons in the propagation and interactions of Airy–Gaussian(AiG) beams in a cubic–quintic nonlinear medium in one transverse dimension. We show that the propagation of single AiG beams can generate stable breathing solitons that do not accelerate within a certain initial power range. The propagation direction of these breathing solitons can be controlled by introducing a launch angle to the incident AiG beams. When two AiG beams accelerated in opposite directions interact with each other,different breathing solitons and soliton pairs are observed by adjusting the phase shift, the beam interval, the amplitudes,and the light field distribution of the initial AiG beams.     

Spatial solitons in photonic lattices with large-scale defects

We address the existence,stability and propagation dynamics of solitons supported by large-scale defects surrounded by the harmonic photonic lattices imprinted in the defocusing saturable nonlinear medium.Several families of soliton solutions,including flat-topped,dipole-like,and multipole-like solitons,can be supported by the defected lattices with different heights of defects.The width of existence domain of solitons is determined solely by the saturable parameter.The existence domains of various types of solitons can be shifted by the variations of defect size,lattice depth and soliton order.Solitons in the model are stable in a wide parameter window,provided that the propagation constant exceeds a critical value,which is in sharp contrast to the case where the soliton trains is supported by periodic lattices imprinted in defocusing saturable nonlinear medium.We also find stable solitons in the semi-infinite gap which rarely occur in the defocusing media.     

Study of reflection and transmission on the moving interface of medium

The laws of refection and transimission on a moving interface between two nonvacuum medium are studied and the new method, which can be used for handling reflection and transimission on the moving interfaces between the vacuum-nonvacuum media and between two nonvacuum medium is suggested. The formula of reflection and transmission coefficients that suitable for both cases are derived. The present paper not only enriches electrodynamical theory, but also laies the foundation of optical waveguide modulators and other similar device.     

Solutions of the nonlocal(2+1)-D breaking solitons hierarchy and the negative order AKNS hierarchy

The(2+1)-dimensional nonlocal breaking solitons AKNS hierarchy and the nonlocal negative order AKNS hierarchy are presented.Solutions in double Wronskian form of these two hierarchies are derived by means of a reduction technique from those of the unreduced hierarchies.The advantage of our method is that we start from the known solutions of the unreduced bilinear equations,and obtain solitons and multiple-pole solutions for the variety of classical and nonlocal reductions.Dynamical behaviors of some obtained solutions are illustrated.It is remarkable that for some real nonlocal equations,amplitudes of solutions are related to the independent variables that are reversed in the real nonlocal reductions.     

Dissipative Vortex Solitons in Defocusing Media with Spatially Inhomogeneous Nonlinear Absorption

In this paper, by solving a complex nonlinear Schr¨odinger equation, radially symmetric dissipative vortex solitons are obtained analytically and are tested numerically. We find that spatially inhomogeneous nonlinear absorption gives rise to the stability of dissipative vortex solitons in self-defocusing nonlinear medium in the presence of constant linear gain. Numerical simulation reveals the interaction effect among linear gain and nonlinear loss in the azimuthal modulation instabilities of these vortices suppression. Apart from the uniform linear gain indeed affects the stability of vortex in this media, another noticeable feature of current setup is that the steep spatial modulation of the nonlinear absorption can suppress sidelobes effectively and support stable vortex solitons in situations with uniform linear gain.Under appropriate conditions, the vortex solitons can propagate stably and feature no symmetry breaking, although the beams exhibit radical compression and amplification as they propagate.     

Gap solitons in an extended anti-directional coupler

A nonlinear solitary wave in an inhomogeneous medium formed by two tunnel-coupled waveguides is considered. One of the waveguides is manufactured from an ordinary dielectric, while the second has negative refraction. The results from numerical simulations demonstrate the high stability of gap solitons with respect to collisions. It is discovered that for low relative velocities of two colliding solitons, a longlived coupled state of these solitons can be formed.     

Soliton propagations in the electromagnetically induced transparency

One-dimensional pulse propagations in the electromagnetically induced media are investigated. The Maxwell-Bloch equations for a three-level medium are simplified with the approximations of slowly varying amplitudes, negligible irreversible relaxations and exact resonances. An analysis is made for the case where the integrable condition is satisfied; the oscillation strengths for the two allowed transitions are equal. Through the Bäcklund transformation, one-soliton and two-soliton solutions including the so-called simulton are derived. It is found that collisions of solitons exhibit a variety of dynamical behaviors such as elastic collisions, energy exchanges, compressions and switching phenomena depending on the initial conditions for the system. Those processes are rather common to the multi-component soliton systems and should be useful in various applications such as quantum information processings.     

Incoherent spatial optical solitons in photorefractive crystals

In this paper we have presented a theoretical investigation on the propagation properties of incoherent solitons in photorefractive media which is characterized by noninstantaneous saturating nonlinearity. Using mutual coherence function approach, we have obtained the equation of existence curve for such solitons. We have discussed the coherence characteristics of these solitons. We have found that solitons with a particular radius can possess two different critical powers. The dynamical evolution of these solitons has been discussed in detail by both analytical and numerical simulation.     

Integrability Aspects and Soliton Solutions for a System Describing Ultrashort Pulse Propagation in an Inhomogeneous Multi-Component Medium

For the propagation of the ultrashort pulses in an inhomogeneousmulti-component nonlinear medium, a system of coupled equations isanalytically studied in this paper. Painlevé analysis shows thatthis system admits the Painlevé property under some constraints.By means of the Ablowitz-Kaup-Newell-Segur procedure, the Lax pairof this system is derived, and the Darboux transformation (DT) isconstructed with the help of the obtained Lax pair. With symboliccomputation, the soliton solutions are obtained by virtue of the DTalgorithm. Figures are plotted to illustrate the dynamical featuresof the soliton solutions. Characteristics of the solitonspropagating in an inhomogeneous multi-component nonlinear medium arediscussed: (i) Propagation of one soliton and two-peak soliton; (ii) Elastic interactions of the parabolic two solitons; (iii) Overlapphenomenon between two solitons; (iv) Collision of two head-onsolitons and two head-on two-peak solitons; (v) Two different typesof interactions of the three solitons; (vi) Decomposition phenomenonof one soliton into two solitons. The results might be useful in thestudy on the ultrashort-pulse propagation in the inhomogeneousmulti-component nonlinear media.     

三能级冷原子介质中多个光孤子的相互作用

冷原子介质中的光孤子在电磁感应透明(EIT)的作用下表现出很多奇异的特性,对描述这些特性的理论模型的研究在光信号处理和传输方面具有重要的意义. 描述三能级冷原子EIT介质中空间孤立子演化的二维饱和非线性薛定谔方程被转化成辛结构的Hamilton系统, 利用辛几何算法离散Hamilton系统得到了相应离散的辛格式,并且利用辛格式数值模拟了三能级冷原子EIT介质中在相同振辐不同相位的两个、四个光孤子的相互作用行为. 数值实验结果表明: 冷原子介质中多个光孤子的相互作用行为不但与入射高斯光束的相位有关,还和入射高斯光束的方向有关. 入射的高斯光束能在冷原子介质中形成稳定的孤立子.     

Solitons in a medium with linear dissipation and localized gain

We present a variety of dissipative solitons and breathing modes in a medium with localized gain and homogeneous linear dissipation. The system possesses a number of unusual properties, like exponentially localized modes in both focusing and defocusing media, existence of modes in focusing media at negative propagation constant values, simultaneous existence of stable symmetric and antisymmetric localized modes when the gain landscape possesses two local maxima, as well as the existence of stable breathing solutions.     

Spatial weak-light solitons in an electromagnetically induced nonlinear waveguide

We show that a weak probe light beam can form spatial solitons in an electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) medium composed of four-level atoms and a coupling light field. We find that the coupling light beam can induce a highly controllable nonlinear waveguide and exert very strong effects on the dynamical behavior of the solitons. Hence, in the EIT medium, it is not only possible to produce spatial solitons at very low light intensities but also simultaneously control these solitons by using the coupling-light-induced nonlinear waveguide.     

多个光伏空间亮孤子相互作用研究

用数值方法分析了多个平行传播一维光伏空间亮孤子之间的相干相互作用.结果表明，同相多个孤子相互作用时，它们不同于两个孤子时的周期性的融合和分开，而是会在整体吸引靠近过程中发生孤子的逐步融合作用.多个孤子相互之间发生能量耦合作用时，可简单归结为三种基本的相互作用模式.而邻近相互反相的多个孤子相互作用时，能保持很好的稳定传播特性，其对形成孤子阵列及阵列波导具有指导意义. 关键词： 光伏空间孤子 多个孤子 相互作用     

Multipole surface solitons supported by the interface between linear media and nonlocal nonlinear media

We address multipole surface solitons occurring at the interface between a linear medium and a nonlocal nonlinear medium. We show the impact of nonlocality, the propagation constant, and the linear index difference of two media on the properties of the surface solitons. We find that there exist a threshold value of the degree of the nonlocality at the same linear index difference of two media, only when the degree of the nonlocality goes beyond the value, the multipole surface solitons can be stable.