A novel type of spatial modulational instability induced by the dynamical interaction of two strongly coupled fundamental and harmonic fields in a second-order nonlinear optical material is demonstrated experimentally. This phenomenon is explained theoretically on the basis of a one-dimensional Floquet theory. At high intensities, the formation of a 1D solitary wave lattice is superseded by the onset of 2D modulational instabilities.
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Data di pubblicazione: | 1997 | |
Titolo: | Spatial modulational instability and multisolitonlike generation in a quadratically nonlinear optical medium | |
Autori: | Fuerst, R.A; Baboiu, D.-M.; Lawrence, B.; Torruellas, W.E.; Stegeman, G.I.; Trillo, Stefano; Wabnitz, Stefan | |
Rivista: | PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | |
Parole Chiave: | nonlinearity, second harmonic generation, modulational instability, solitons | |
Abstract in inglese: | A novel type of spatial modulational instability induced by the dynamical interaction of two strongly coupled fundamental and harmonic fields in a second-order nonlinear optical material is demonstrated experimentally. This phenomenon is explained theoretically on the basis of a one-dimensional Floquet theory. At high intensities, the formation of a 1D solitary wave lattice is superseded by the onset of 2D modulational instabilities. | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.2756 | |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11392/2358519 | |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 03.1 Articolo su rivista |
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