中国物理B ›› 2008, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (3): 1008-1013.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/17/3/043

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Energy exchange between (3+1)D colliding spatiotemporal optical solitons in dispersive media with cubic--quintic nonlinearity

杨红, 唐翌   

  1. Department of Physics and Institute of Modern Physics, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, China
  • 收稿日期:2007-03-28 修回日期:2007-04-13 出版日期:2008-03-04 发布日期:2008-03-04
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the Key Project of Hunan Provincial Educational Department of China (Grant No 04A058).

Energy exchange between (3+1)D colliding spatiotemporal optical solitons in dispersive media with cubic--quintic nonlinearity

Yang Hong(杨红) and Tang Yi(唐翌)   

  1. Department of Physics and Institute of Modern Physics, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, China
  • Received:2007-03-28 Revised:2007-04-13 Online:2008-03-04 Published:2008-03-04
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the Key Project of Hunan Provincial Educational Department of China (Grant No 04A058).

摘要: We investigate the energy exchange between (3+1)D colliding spatiotemporal solitons (STSs) in dispersive media with cubic--quintic (CQ) nonlinearity by numerical simulations. Energy exchange between two (3+1)D head on colliding STSs caused by their phase difference is observed, just as occurring in other optical media. Moreover, energy exchange between two head-on colliding STSs with different speeds is firstly shown in the CQ and saturable media. This phenomenon, we believe, may arouse some interest in the future studies of soliton collision in optical media.

Abstract: We investigate the energy exchange between (3+1)D colliding spatiotemporal solitons (STSs) in dispersive media with cubic--quintic (CQ) nonlinearity by numerical simulations. Energy exchange between two (3+1)D head on colliding STSs caused by their phase difference is observed, just as occurring in other optical media. Moreover, energy exchange between two head-on colliding STSs with different speeds is firstly shown in the CQ and saturable media. This phenomenon, we believe, may arouse some interest in the future studies of soliton collision in optical media.

Key words: spatiotemporal solitons, cubic--quantic nonlinearity, energy exchange

中图分类号:  (Optical solitons; nonlinear guided waves)

  • 42.65.Tg
42.65.Sf (Dynamics of nonlinear optical systems; optical instabilities, optical chaos and complexity, and optical spatio-temporal dynamics)