Bright, dark, and gray spatial soliton states in photorefractive media
- 1 September 1995
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Journal of the Optical Society of America B
- Vol. 12 (9), 1628-1633
- https://doi.org/10.1364/josab.12.001628
Abstract
A theory based on the Kukhtarev–Vinetskii model is developed that provides the evolution equation of one-dimensional optical spatial solitons in photorefractive media. In the steady-state regime and under appropriate external bias conditions, our analysis indicates that the underlying wave equation can exhibit bright and dark as well as gray spatial soliton states. The characteristics of these self-trapped optical beams are discussed in detail.Keywords
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