Energy-exchange interactions between colliding vector solitons

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作者
Anastassiou, C [1 ]
Segev, M
Steiglitz, K
Giordmaine, JA
Mitchell, M
Shih, MF
Lan, S
Martin, J
机构
[1] Princeton Univ, Dept Elect Engn, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
[2] Technion Israel Inst Technol, Dept Phys, IL-32000 Haifa, Israel
[3] Princeton Univ, Dept Comp Sci, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
[4] NEC Res Inst, Princeton, NJ 08540 USA
[5] Lucent Technol, Holmdel, NJ 07733 USA
[6] Natl Taiwan Univ, Dept Phys, Taipei 10764, Taiwan
[7] Deltron Crystal Ind, Dover, NJ 07801 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.2332
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O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We demonstrate experimentally collisions between vector (Manakov-like) solitons that involve energy exchange at large collision angles, for which scalar solitons pass through one another practically unaffected.
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页码:2332 / 2335
页数:4
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