Title

Optical spatial solitons and their interactions: Universality and diversity

Authors

Authors

G. I. Stegeman;M. Segev

Comments

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Science

Keywords

PHOTOREFRACTIVE SCREENING SOLITONS; ALGAAS WAVE-GUIDES; SOLITARY WAVES; QUADRATIC SOLITONS; NONLINEAR MEDIUM; VECTOR SOLITONS; KERR MEDIA; BRIGHT; COLLISION; FIBERS; Multidisciplinary Sciences

Abstract

Spatial solitons, beams that do not spread owing to diffraction when they propagate, have been demonstrated to exist by virtue of a variety of nonlinear self-trapping mechanisms. Despite the diversity of these mechanisms, many of the features of soliton interactions and collisions are universal. Spatial solitons exhibit a richness of phenomena not found with temporal solitons in fibers, including effects such as fusion, fission, annihilation, and stable orbiting in three dimensions. Here the current state of knowledge on spatial soliton interactions is reviewed.

Journal Title

Science

Volume

286

Issue/Number

5444

Publication Date

1-1-1999

Document Type

Review

DOI Link

http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.286.5444.1518

Language

English

First Page

1518

Last Page

1523

WOS Identifier

WOS:000083768300046

ISSN

0036-8075

Recommended Citation

"Optical spatial solitons and their interactions: Universality and diversity" (1999). Faculty Bibliography 1990s. 2865.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib1990/2865