Generation of, and interactions between, quadratic spatial solitons in non-critically-phase-matched crystals

Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics and Materials

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 447-466

  Stegeman, George I ^a   Jankovic, Ladislav ^a   Kim, Hongki ^a   Polyakov, Sergey ^a   Carrasco, Silvia ^b   Torner, Lluis ^b   Bosshard, Christian ^c,e   Gunter, Peter ^c   Katz, Mordechai ^d   Eger, David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d Electro Optics Division   (Israel)

^e CSEM   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Multi soliton generation; Nonlinear beam instabilities; Nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics in quadratic media; Nonlinear reflection; Nonlinear transmission; Quadratic spatial solitons; Soliton interactions; Solitons; Spatial solitons

Indexed keywords

NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHASE MATCHING;

MULTI SOLITONS; NON-LINEAR BEAMS; NONLINEAR TRANSMISSION; QUADRATIC MEDIA; SOLITON INTERACTIONS; SPATIAL SOLITONS;

SOLITONS;

EID: 10744230642     PISSN: 02188635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218863503001572     Document Type: Article

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