Coherence Controlled Soliton Interactions
Author(s) -
Ting-Sen Ku,
Ming-Feng Shih,
Andrey A. Sukhorukov,
Yuri S. Kivshar
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
physical review letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Book series
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.688
H-Index - 673
eISSN - 1079-7114
pISSN - 0031-9007
ISBN - 1-55752-778-4
DOI - 10.1103/physrevlett.94.063904
Subject(s) - physics , soliton , coherence (philosophical gambling strategy) , quantum mechanics , spatial coherence , dissipative soliton , quantum electrodynamics , statistical physics , nonlinear system
We demonstrate theoretically and subsequently observe in experiment a noveltype of soliton interaction when a pair of closely spaced spatial opticalsolitons as a whole is made partially incoherent. We explain how the characterof the soliton interaction can be controlled by the total partial incoherence,and show a possibility to change the soliton interaction from attractive torepulsive, or vice versa, near a certain threshold in the coherence parameter.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
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