Title

Generation Of A Periodic Array Of Dark Spatial Solitons In The Regime Of Effective Amplification

Authors

Authors

P. V. Mamyshev; C. Bosshard;G. I. Stegeman

Comments

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Abbreviated Journal Title

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B-Opt. Phys.

Keywords

OPTICAL FIBERS; PROPAGATION; TRAINS; Optics

Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate the generation of a periodic array of dark spatial solitons from two plane waves propagating at some angle in the regime of adiabatic amplification in a Kerr-like medium. The importance of amplification for the generation of clean dark solitons is shown. The combined action of nonlinearity, diffraction, and amplification leads to the reshaping of the input signal into an array of dark solitons with flat phase fronts in the bright background region.

Journal Title

Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics

Volume

11

Issue/Number

7

Publication Date

1-1-1994

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

1254

Last Page

1260

WOS Identifier

WOS:A1994NW10900013

ISSN

0740-3224

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