Weakly nonparaxial spatial solitons in a medium with Kerr nonlinearity

A version of perturbation theory is developed that intends to determine the field distribution of spatial solitons with a 2D transverse profile in a Kerr medium in the case of small deviations from paraxial conditions. An approximate master equation for transverse components of the electric field in the case of wide solitons is derived. By solving this equation starting from the unperturbed soliton, i.e., Townes mode with linear polarization of radiation, a solution with an axially symmetric field distribution is found. Dependences of the main soliton characteristics on the degree of paraxiality are determined.     

Weakly nonparaxial spatial optical solitons in different mechanisms of Kerr nonlinearity

The structure of spatial (two-dimensional transverse) weakly nonparaxial solitons is determined by solving the Maxwell equations for a medium characterized by different mechanisms of Kerr (cubic) nonlinearity in the approximation of beams with a width greatly exceeding the wavelength of light. Two modes are distinguished for these solitons: a trapping mode, with a constant transverse field profile, and a beating mode, with longitudinal oscillations of the field structure. The angular structure of the field in the beating mode (which is realized when the radiation power slightly exceeds the critical power of self-focusing) is determined.     

Polarization locking and nonparaxial spatial solitons in media with electronic Kerr nonlinearity

The polarization structure of nonparaxial spatial solitons in a transparent medium with the electronic mechanism of Kerr nonlinearity is studied theoretically. It is demonstrated analytically in the weak nonparaxiality approximation that the regime of polarization locking, in which all the field components have the same propagation constant, is the only stable regime. Estimates of the rate of transition of the initial metastable regime of rotation of the polarization ellipse to the regime of polarization locking are presented. Based on a numerical solution of the nonlinear Maxwell equations, the presence of the nonparaxial regime of polarization locking is confirmed and the main characteristics of the corresponding spatial solitons are obtained.     

Thirring optical solitons with Kerr law nonlinearity

The dynamics of Thirring solitons in birefringent fibers with Kerr law nonlinearity is addressed in this paper. An exact 1-soliton solution is obtained. Bright, dark and singular soliton solutions are described.     

Collision of optical solitons with Kerr law nonlinearity

The intra-channel collision of optical solitons, with Kerr law nonlinearity, is studied by the aid of quasi-particle theory. The perturbation terms considered in this paper are all of Hamiltonian type. It is shown that the soliton–soliton interaction can be suppressed in the presence of these perturbations, namely, the self-steepening, the third-order dispersion, the fourth-order dispersion and the frequency separation between the soliton carrier and the gain-center frequency. The prediction of quasi-particle theory are fully confirmed by direct numerical simulations.     

Counterpropagating spatial solitons in reflection gratings with a longitudinally modulated Kerr nonlinearity

We investigate quasi-Bragg-matched counterpropagating spatial solitons in a reflection grating in the presence of a longitudinally modulated Kerr nonlinearity. The physical interplay of linear reflection and Kerr self-focusing with the modulation in the nonlinearity yields a variety of elaborate self-action mechanisms. We first analytically predict the existence of symmetric soliton pairs supported by a pure Kerr-like effective nonlinearity. We then analytically derive two families of solitons, associated with the linear grating eigenmodes, supported by an effective "incoherent" Kerr-like coupling arising from the exact balance between the modulation in the nonlinearity and the Kerr interaction due to beam interference.     

非局域克尔介质中空间光孤子的相互作用

研究了强非局域克尔介质中光束的演化规律，通过相位分析得到了空间孤子相互作用所满足 的非局域非线性薛定谔方程的简化近似模型，并获得了双光束传输的解析解.结果表明在传 输过程中相互作用的高斯光束的相位决定于它们的输入总功率.以振幅一强一弱共同传输的 高斯光束为例进行了具体研究，得到了强光和弱光的解析式，相位分析显示弱光在相当短的 传输距离之内能产生大的相移，可以通过对强光能量的调控来实现对弱光的相位调制. 关键词： 非局域克尔介质 空间光孤子 孤子相互作用 相位调制     

Spherical solitons in a Kerr medium

Solutions of the complete system of the Maxwell equations for a Kerr medium are found numerically in the form of spherical surface waves—spherical solitons.     

(1+2)维空间光孤子在非局域克尔介质中的传输特性

 从非局域非线性薛定谔方程出发,采用分步傅里叶算法数值讨论了在一定的非局域程度条件下,（1+2）维空间光孤子的传输特性, 数值求解了光孤子各特性参量。假定非局域克尔介质的响应函数为高斯型,得出了在一定的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:（1+2）维光孤子对非局域程度依赖性很强。在一定的非局域程度下,光束能以光孤子态在非局域克尔介质中稳定传输。强非局域时,光孤子的波形是高斯型,其它的非局域程度下,不是高斯型。当非局域程度较弱时,不存在孤子解。     

(1+2)维空间光孤子在非局域克尔介质中的传输特性

从非局域非线性薛定谔方程出发,采用分步傅里叶算法数值讨论了在一定的非局域程度条件下,（1+2）维空间光孤子的传输特性, 数值求解了光孤子各特性参量。假定非局域克尔介质的响应函数为高斯型,得出了在一定的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:（1+2）维光孤子对非局域程度依赖性很强。在一定的非局域程度下,光束能以光孤子态在非局域克尔介质中稳定传输。强非局域时,光孤子的波形是高斯型,其它的非局域程度下,不是高斯型。当非局域程度较弱时,不存在孤子解。     

Observation of optical spatial solitons in a highly nonlocal medium

We report on the observation and quantitative assessment of self-trapped pulsating beams in a highly nonlocal nonlinear regime. The experiments were conducted in nematic liquid crystals and allow a meaningful comparison with the prediction of a scalar theory in the perturbative limit, while addressing the need for beyond-paraxial analytical treatments.     

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.     

Dissipative discrete spatial optical solitons in a system of coupled optical fibers with the Kerr and resonance nonlinearities

The propagation of monochromatic radiation in a system of weakly coupled single-mode optical fibers with saturable amplification and absorption and Kerr nonlinearity of the refractive index is analyzed. Conditions of stability and bistability of plane-wave regimes are determined. Discrete dissipative optical solitons are found and their stability is studied. The hysteresis dependences of the peak intensity of the discrete solitons on the value of the Kerr nonlinearity and the input beam intensity are demonstrated. The numerical estimates of the parameters of the spatial dissipative discrete solitons are presented.     

Nonparaxial spatial solitons and propagation-invariant pattern solutions in optical Kerr media

We investigate nonlinear propagation in the presence of the optical Kerr effect by relying on a rigorous generalization of the standard parabolic equation that includes nonparaxial and vectorial terms. We show that, in the (1 + 1)-D case, both soliton and propagation-invariant pattern solutions exist (while the standard hyperbolic-secant function is not a solution).     

Giant Kerr nonlinearity in a four-level atomic medium

The linear and nonlinear response of a driven four-level Λ-type atomic system with two fold lower-levels with three driving fields is investigated. It is found that the giant Kerr nonlinearity can be achieved just by tuning the intensity of coupling fields. Maximal Kerr nonlinearity with zero linear and nonlinear absorption enters the EIT window. Also it is found that the relative phase between applied fields can change the Kerr nonlinearity behavior.     

Azimuthally polarized spatial dark solitons: exact solutions of Maxwell's equations in a Kerr medium

Spatial Kerr solitons, typically associated with the standard paraxial nonlinear Schro dinger equation, are shown to exist to all nonparaxial orders as exact solutions of Maxwell's equations in the presence of the vectorial Kerr effect. More precisely, we prove the existence of azimuthally polarized, spatial, dark soliton solutions of Maxwell's equations, while exact linearly polarized (2 + 1)D solitons do not exist. Our ab initio approach predicts the existence of dark solitons up to an upper value of the maximum field amplitude, corresponding to a minimum soliton width of about one-fourth of the wavelength.     

Elliptic incoherent solitons in strongly nonlocal media with anisotropic Kerr nonlinearity

The propagation of elliptic incoherent beam in strongly nonlocal media with noninstantaneous anisotropic Kerr nonlinearity is systematically investigated. Using the mutual coherence function approach, we obtain the existence curve of such solitons and an interesting outcome: correlation characteristics of the elliptic incoherent solitons can be anisotropic as well as isotropic. When the existence conditions of solitons are not satisfied, the elliptic incoherent beam will undergo periodic oscillation. Nonstationary evolution behaviors of the elliptic beam are shown in detail by numerical calculation. It is also obtained that the oscillation periods of the beam in x and y direction are different and the elliptic beam will become circular at some propagation distance under special conditions.     

Spatial solitons in optofluidic waveguide arrays with focusing ultrafast Kerr nonlinearity

We present an optofluidic nonlinear waveguide array that is fabricated by selectively filling several strands of a photonic crystal fiber with the liquid CCl(4), which exhibits a large focusing ultrafast Kerr nonlinearity. We demonstrate a power dependent formation of a spatial soliton in this novel optofluidic device. The large thermo-optical effect of liquids enables us to control the characteristics of the spatial soliton formation in these nonlinear structures. This opens the road toward flexible designs and the realization of a new class of optofluidic devices with complex nonlinear landscapes and novel effects.     

Few-optical-cycle solitons and pulse self-compression in a Kerr medium

In a transparent medium with instantaneous Kerr nonlinearity we find a new class of few-optical-cycle solitons and prove them to be the fundamental structures in pulse propagation dynamics. We demonstrate numerically that in the asymptotic stage of pulse propagation the input pulse splits into isolated few-cycle solitons where the quantity and their parameters are determined by the initial pulse. We generalize the concept of the high-order Schr?dinger solitons to the few-cycle regime and show how it can be used for efficient pulse compression down to the single cycle duration.     

Enhanced Kerr nonlinearity in a negative refractive atomic medium

The Kerr nonlinearity of a left-handed material is analyzed in a four-level atomic system.It is shown that,due to the effect of quantum interference,a large enhanced Kerr nonlinearity accompanied by vanishing absorption can be realized via choosing appropriate parameters in this negative refraction atomic medium.It not only shows the large nonlinearity but also acts as the phase and amplitude compensating effects.