Quasiperiodic Envelope Solitons

Carl Balslev Clausen, Yuri S. Kivshar, Ole Bang, and Peter L. Christiansen
Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 4740 – Published 6 December 1999
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Abstract

We analyze nonlinear wave propagation and cascaded self-focusing due to second-harmonic generation in Fibbonacci optical superlattices and introduce a novel concept of nonlinear physics, the quasiperiodic soliton, which describes spatially localized self-trapping of a quasiperiodic wave. We point out a link between the quasiperiodic soliton and partially incoherent spatial solitary waves recently generated experimentally.

  • Received 18 March 1999

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.4740

©1999 American Physical Society

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Carl Balslev Clausen1, Yuri S. Kivshar2, Ole Bang1,2, and Peter L. Christiansen1

  • 1Department of Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark
  • 2Australian Photonics Cooperative Research Centre, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering Optical Sciences Centre, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia

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Vol. 83, Iss. 23 — 6 December 1999

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