Self-similarity in ultrafast nonlinear optics

JM Dudley, C Finot, DJ Richardson, G Millot - Nature Physics, 2007 - nature.com
Recent developments in nonlinear optics have led to the discovery of a new class of
ultrashort pulse, the 'optical similariton'. Optical similaritons arise when the interaction of …

[图书][B] Optical solitons: from fibers to photonic crystals

YS Kivshar, GP Agrawal - 2003 - books.google.com
The current research into solitons and their use in fiber optic communications is very
important to the future of communications. Since the advent of computer networking and …

Self-similar propagation and amplification of parabolic pulses in optical fibers

ME Fermann, VI Kruglov, BC Thomsen, JM Dudley… - Physical review …, 2000 - APS
Ultrashort pulse propagation in high gain optical fiber amplifiers with normal dispersion is
studied by self-similarity analysis of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation with gain. An exact …

Exact Self-Similar Solutions of the Generalized Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation<? format?> with Distributed Coefficients

VI Kruglov, AC Peacock, JD Harvey - Physical Review Letters, 2003 - APS
A broad class of exact self-similar solutions to the nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLSE)
with distributed dispersion, nonlinearity, and gain or loss has been found. Appropriate …

Self-similar propagation of parabolic pulses in normal-dispersion fiber amplifiers

VI Kruglov, AC Peacock, JD Harvey, JM Dudley - JOSA B, 2002 - opg.optica.org
Pulse propagation in high-gain optical fiber amplifiers with normal group-velocity dispersion
has been studied by self-similarity analysis of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation with gain …

Self-similar propagation of high-power parabolic pulses in optical fiber amplifiers

VI Kruglov, AC Peacock, JM Dudley, JD Harvey - Optics letters, 2000 - opg.optica.org
Self-similarity techniques are used to study pulse propagation in a normal-dispersion optical
fiber amplifier with an arbitrary longitudinal gain profile. Analysis of the nonlinear …

Do solitonlike self-similar waves exist in nonlinear optical media?

SA Ponomarenko, GP Agrawal - Physical review letters, 2006 - APS
We show analytically that bright and dark spatial self-similar waves can propagate in graded-
index amplifiers exhibiting self-focusing or self-defocusing Kerr nonlinearities. The intensity …

Exact solutions of the generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equation with distributed coefficients

VI Kruglov, AC Peacock, JD Harvey - … E—Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter …, 2005 - APS
A broad class of exact self-similar solutions to the nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLSE)
with distributed dispersion, nonlinearity, and gain or loss has been found describing both …

Shell model description of isotope shifts in calcium

E Caurier, K Langanke, G Martinez-Pinedo, F Nowacki… - Physics Letters B, 2001 - Elsevier
Isotope shifts in the nuclear charge radius of even and odd calcium isotopes are calculated
within the nuclear shell model. The model space includes all configurations of nucleons in …

Observation of self-trapping of light in a self-written channel in a photosensitive glass

TM Monro, D Moss, M Bazylenko, CM De Sterke… - Physical Review Letters, 1998 - APS
We report the observation of self-trapping of light in a self-written channel in a photosensitive
glass waveguide. As the refractive index changes induced in the glass are permanent, the …