One-dimensional steady-state photorefractive spatial solitons in centrosymmetric paraelectric potassium lithium tantalate niobate

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作者
DelRe, E [1 ]
Crosignani, B
Tamburrini, M
Segev, M
Mitchell, M
Refaeli, E
Agranat, AJ
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[1] Univ Aquila, Dipartimento Fis, I-67100 Laquila, Italy
[2] Fdn Ugo Bordoni, Rome, Italy
[3] Princeton Univ, Dept Elect Engn, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
[4] Hebrew Univ Jerusalem, Dept Appl Phys, IL-91904 Jerusalem, Israel
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10.1364/OL.23.000421
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We report the first observation of spatial one-dimensional photorefractive screening solitons in centrosymmetric media and compare the experimental results with recent theoretical predictions. We find good qualitative agreement with theory. (C) 1998 Optical Society of America.
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