Coherence Controlled Soliton Interactions

2004/10/25 by Ting-Sen Ku, Ming-Feng Shih, Andrey A. Sukhorukov +1 · 1 citation
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies #Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation #Nonlinear Photonic Systems #nlin.PS #physics.optics

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.94.063904

published as Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 063904 (2005) · 4 pages, 4 figures

arxiv created 2004/10/25 · openalex publication_date 2005/02/18 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We demonstrate theoretically and subsequently observe in experiment a novel type of soliton interaction when a pair of closely spaced spatial optical solitons as a whole is made partially incoherent. We explain how the character of the soliton interaction can be controlled by the total partial incoherence, and show a possibility to change the soliton interaction from attractive to repulsive, or vice versa, near a certain threshold in the coherence parameter.

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