Bifurcations of optical transverse solitary waves

Jeffrey W. Grantham; Galina Khitrova; Hyatt M. Gibbs; John Francis Valley; J. Xu

doi:10.1117/12.131793

16 December 1992 Bifurcations of optical transverse solitary waves

Jeffrey W. Grantham, Galina Khitrova, Hyatt M. Gibbs, John Francis Valley, J. Xu

Proceedings Volume 1840, Transverse Patterns in Nonlinear Optics; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.131793
Event: XIV International Conference on Coherent and Nonlinear Optics, 1991, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

Abstract

Bifurcations of optical transverse solitary waves are studied for one-way propagation through a sodium vapor cell. Two types of phase encoding seed transverse bifurcations resulting in cell- exit profiles with beauty rivaling that of a kaleidoscope. The cell-exit profiles are stationary in time, reproduce completely when the power or frequency is scanned, and agree well with one- way computations. Temporal and longitudinal development of the cell-exit profiles is shown, demonstrating both the instability nature of this phenomenon and its solitary wave nature. The first evidence is also presented for a double-peaked Raman gain

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Jeffrey W. Grantham, Galina Khitrova, Hyatt M. Gibbs, John Francis Valley, and J. Xu "Bifurcations of optical transverse solitary waves", Proc. SPIE 1840, Transverse Patterns in Nonlinear Optics, (16 December 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.131793

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