Fusion and birth of spatial solitons upon collision

被引:192
作者
Krolikowski, W
Holmstrom, SA
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[1] Australian Photonics Cooperative Research Centre, Laser Physics Centre, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Canberra
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10.1364/OL.22.000369
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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We study experimentally the collision of photorefractive screening solitons in a strontium barium niobate crystal. Depending on the relative phase of the solitons and their intersecting angle, such effects as soliton birth, energy exchange, and soliton fusion have been observed. (C) 1997 Optical Society of America.
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