Physics – Optics
Scientific paper
2005-01-14
J. Opt. B: Quantum Semiclass Opt., 6, S279 (2004)
Physics
Optics
29 pages, 10 figures
Scientific paper
10.1088/1464-4266/6/5/016
We review the latest progress and properties of the families of bright and dark one-dimensional periodic waves propagating in saturable Kerr-type and quadratic nonlinear media. We show how saturation of the nonlinear response results in appearance of stability (instability) bands in focusing (defocusing) medium, which is in sharp contrast with the properties of periodic waves in Kerr media. One of the key results discovered is the stabilization of multicolor periodic waves in quadratic media. In particular, dark-type waves are shown to be metastable, while bright-type waves are completely stable in a broad range of energy flows and material parameters. This yields the first known example of completely stable periodic wave patterns propagating in conservative uniform media supporting bright solitons. Such results open the way to the experimental observation of the corresponding self-sustained periodic wave patterns.
Egorov Alexey A.
Kartashov Yaroslav V.
Torner Lluis
Vysloukh Victor A.
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