Open AccessAttraction of nonlocal dark optical solitons
Author(s) -
Nikola I. Nikolov,
Dragomir N. Neshev,
Wiesław Królikowski,
Ole Bang,
J. Juul Rasmussen,
P. L. Christiansen
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
optics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 272
eISSN - 1071-2763
pISSN - 0146-9592
DOI - 10.1364/ol.29.000286
Subject(s) - attraction , physics , nonlinear system , optics , nonlinear optics , range (aeronautics) , quantum mechanics , philosophy , linguistics , materials science , composite material
We study the formation and interaction of spatial dark optical solitons in materials with a nonlocal nonlinear response. We show that unlike in local materials, where dark solitons typically repel, the nonlocal nonlinearity leads to a long-range attraction and formation of stable bound states of dark solitons.
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