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Propagation dynamics of tripole breathers in nonlocal nonlinear media

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We demonstrate the propagation dynamics of optical breathers in nonlinear media with a spatial nonlocality, which is governed by the nonlocal nonlinear Schrödinger equation, by employing the variational approach. Taking a tripole breather as an example, the approximate analytical solution is obtained and the physical propagation properties, such as the evolution of the critical power, the spot size, the wavefront curvature, and the intensity distribution of the breather, have been discussed in detail. The physical reasons for the evolution of the tripole breathers are analyzed by borrowing the ideas from Newtonian mechanics. It is found that the analytical results obtained by the variational approach agree well with the numerical results of the nonlocal Schrödinger equation for the strong nonlocal case, especially when the incident power approaches the critical power.

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This research was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province of China (Grant No. A2020205009), the Technology Key Project of Colleges and Universities of Hebei Province (Grant No. ZD2018081), the Chunhui Plan of Ministry of Education of China (Grant No. Z2017020), the Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of Hebei Normal University (Grant No. L2017J02), and the Innovation Funding Project for Graduate Students of Hebei Normal University of China (Grant No. CXZZSS2020065).

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Guo, JL., Yang, ZJ., Song, LM. et al. Propagation dynamics of tripole breathers in nonlocal nonlinear media. Nonlinear Dyn 101, 1147–1157 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11071-020-05829-7

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