Scalar and vector supermode solitons owing to competing nonlocal nonlinearities
Aleksandr Ramaniuk, Marek Trippenbach, Paweł S. Jung, Demetrios N. Christodoulides, Wiesław Królikowski, Gaetano Assanto
Abstract
We investigate scalar and vector multi-hump spatial solitons resulting from competing Kerr-like nonlinear responses excited in a nonlocal medium by either one or two (mutually incoherent) light beams. Two-color vector supermode solitons are more amenable to control but exhibit an intriguing form of spontaneous symmetry breaking in propagation.
Topics & Concepts
PhysicsScalar (mathematics)Nonlinear systemOpticsNonlinear opticsClassical mechanicsExcited stateQuantum electrodynamicsQuantum mechanicsGeometryMathematicsNonlinear Photonic SystemsAdvanced Fiber Laser TechnologiesNonlinear Waves and Solitons