Three dimensional bright spatial soliton collision and fusion in a saturable nonlinear medium

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作者
Tikhonenko, V
Christou, J
LutherDavies, B
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[1] Laser Physics Centre, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.2698
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We report experiments showing of the attraction and novel fusion behavior of 3D bright spatial solitons, formed by modulation instability of an optical vortex in a saturable self-focusing medium.
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页码:2698 / 2701
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