Expand this Topic clickable element to expand a topic
Skip to content
Optica Publishing Group

Spatial solitons of Maxwell’s equations

Not Accessible

Your library or personal account may give you access

Abstract

Spatial solitons of Maxwell’s equations propagating in an isotropic Kerr material differ significantly from the classical soliton of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation unless the electric field is linearly polarized along a geometric axis of the soliton intensity pattern. In general the polarization state changes continuously as the beam propagates, with a period of millimeters for highly nonlinear materials. This effect is due to the form birefringence of the soliton-induced waveguide. Equivalently, a soliton of Maxwell’s equations is composed of both the TE and TM modes of the axially uniform waveguide it induces. Modal beating leads to the polarization dynamics.

© 1994 Optical Society of America

Full Article  |  PDF Article
More Like This
Perfect optical solitons: spatial Kerr solitons as exact solutions of Maxwell's equations

Alessandro Ciattoni, Bruno Crosignani, Paolo Di Porto, and Amnon Yariv
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 22(7) 1384-1394 (2005)

Cited By

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Cited by links are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Equations (12)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Equations are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Select as filters


Select Topics Cancel
© Copyright 2024 | Optica Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved