Black and gray Helmholtz Kerr soliton refraction
Sanchez-Curto, J, Chamorro-Posada, P and McDonald, GS 2011, 'Black and gray Helmholtz Kerr soliton refraction' , Physical Review A (PRA), 83 (1) , 013828.
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efraction of black and gray solitons at boundaries separating different defocusing Kerr media is analyzed within a Helmholtz framework. A universal nonlinear Snell’s law is derived that describes gray soliton refraction, in addition to capturing the behavior of bright and black Kerr solitons at interfaces. Key regimes, defined by beam and interface characteristics, are identified and predictions are verified by full numerical simulations. The existence of a unique total non-refraction angle for gray solitons is reported; both internal and external refraction at a single interface is shown possible (dependent only on incidence angle). This, in turn, leads to the proposal of positive or negative lensing operations on soliton arrays at planar boundaries.
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|Schools:||Colleges and Schools > College of Science & Technology > School of Computing, Science and Engineering > Materials & Physics Research Centre|
|Journal or Publication Title:||Physical Review A (PRA)|
|Publisher:||American Physical Society|
|Depositing User:||GS McDonald|
|Date Deposited:||12 Oct 2011 11:33|
|Last Modified:||23 Jul 2014 10:08|
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