Quasiperiodic envelope solitons

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作者
Clausen, CB [1 ]
Kivshar, YS
Bang, O
Christiansen, PL
机构
[1] Tech Univ Denmark, Dept Math Modelling, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark
[2] Australian Natl Univ, Res Sch Phys Sci & Engn, Ctr Opt Sci, Australian Photon Cooperat Res Ctr, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.4740
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O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We analyze nonlinear wave propagation and cascaded self-focusing due to second-harmonic generation in Fibbonacci optical superlattices and introduce a novel concept of nonlinear physics. the quasiperiodic soliton, which describes spatially localized self-trapping of a quasiperiodic wave. We point out a link between the quasiperiodic soliton and partially incoherent spatial solitary waves recently generated experimentally.
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页码:4740 / 4743
页数:4
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