Optical Kerr spatiotemporal dark extreme waves

Stefan Wabnitz; Yuji Kodama; Fabio Baronio

doi:10.1117/12.2290657

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15 February 2018 Optical Kerr spatiotemporal dark extreme waves

Stefan Wabnitz, Yuji Kodama, Fabio Baronio

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Proceedings Volume 10517, Real-time Measurements, Rogue Phenomena, and Single-Shot Applications III; 105170E (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2290657
Event: SPIE LASE, 2018, San Francisco, California, United States

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We study the existence and propagation of multidimensional dark non-diffractive and non-dispersive spatiotemporal optical wave-packets in nonlinear Kerr media. We report analytically and confirm numerically the properties of spatiotemporal dark lines, X solitary waves and lump solutions of the (2 + 1)D nonlinear Schrodinger equation (NLSE). Dark lines, X waves and lumps represent holes of light on a continuous wave background. These solitary waves are derived by exploiting the connection between the (2 + 1)D NLSE and a well-known equation of hydrodynamics, namely the (2+1)D Kadomtsev-Petviashvili (KP) equation. This finding opens a novel path for the excitation and control of spatiotemporal optical solitary and rogue waves, of hydrodynamic nature.

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Stefan Wabnitz, Yuji Kodama, and Fabio Baronio "Optical Kerr spatiotemporal dark extreme waves", Proc. SPIE 10517, Real-time Measurements, Rogue Phenomena, and Single-Shot Applications III, 105170E (15 February 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2290657

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