Collision of two spatial solitons in a Kerr media
Abstract
Spatial solitons are optical beams that propagate without diffraction in a nonlinear media creating their own waveguide. This means that it is possible to utilize spatial solitons as optical channels for other beam in an intensity-dependent refractive-index medium. It is well known that the generation of solitons inside a material with Kerr nonlinearity is described with the nonlinear Schroedinger equation. There is considerable interest in spatial solitons and their interaction to provide a way for switching and guiding beams in nonlinear materials. Waveguiding properties for a coherent collision between two solitons have been demonstrated numerically. The analysis shows that the amount of energy confined in each waveguide is independent of the initial position of probe beam. In this work we realize a numerical study of the collision of bright solitons considering an asymmetric configuration. In this case, we show that the results are dependent on the initial position of probe beam and that is possible to control the amount of light, confined in each guide generated by the solitons, changing the collision angle and the separation between the solitons.
- Publication:
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22nd Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Light for the Development of the World
- Pub Date:
- September 2011
- DOI:
- 10.1117/12.902171
- Bibcode:
- 2011SPIE.8011E..3IR