Title

Spatial modulational instability and multisolitonlike generation in a quadratically nonlinear optical medium

Abstract

A novel type of spatial modulational instability induced by the dynamical interaction of two strongly coupled fundamental and harmonic fields in a second-order nonlinear optical material is demonstrated experimentally. This phenomenon is explained theoretically on the basis of a one-dimensional Floquet theory. At high intensities, the formation of a 1D solitary wave lattice is superseded by the onset of 2D modulational instabilities. © 1997 The American Physical Society.

Publication Date

4-7-1997

Publication Title

Physical Review Letters

Volume

78

Issue

14

Number of Pages

2756-2759

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.2756

Socpus ID

0001762248 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0001762248

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