Open AccessWaveguide properties of the asymmetric collision between two bright spatial solitons in Kerr media
Author(s) -
D. Ramírez Martínez,
M. M. Méndez Otero,
M. L. Arroyo Carrasco,
M. D. Iturbe Castillo
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.20.027411
Subject(s) - soliton , physics , collision , waveguide , optics , beam (structure) , light beam , kerr effect , nonlinear system , quantum mechanics , computer security , computer science
In this work, we numerically characterize the waveguide properties of the asymmetric collision between two bright spatial solitons in a nonlinear Kerr media. The results demonstrate that the energy carried by a probe beam guided by one soliton can be transferred after the collision to the waveguide created by the other soliton depending on the initial separation between the solitons, the angle of their collision, and in some cases, the particular soliton that initially guides the probe beam. The observed behavior is equivalent to that obtained for the symmetrical collision when there is an initial relative phase between the solitons.