Steering One Spatial Solitary Beam by Another,
Abstract
A beam of sufficient intensity can be made self guiding in a bulk medium. It is intriguing to speculate that such solitary waves could be the building block for cellmate all optical devices and computing. Here we are concerned with directing one solitary wave by another. In particular, we show that two solitary waves, depending on various factors, can attract, repel, remain unchanged in their initial direction or spiral about each other in a double helical trajectory. Our discussion concerns both bright and dark solitary waves in Kerr and saturating material.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 22, 1992
- Accession Number
- ADP007627
Entities
People
- A. W. Snyder
- D. J. Mitchell
- L. Poladian
Organizations
- Australian National University