2-DIMENSIONAL SOLITONS IN A KERR CAVITY

Authors
FIRTH WJ LORD A
Citation
Wj. Firth et A. Lord, 2-DIMENSIONAL SOLITONS IN A KERR CAVITY, J. mod. opt., 43(5), 1996, pp. 1071-1077
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
J. mod. opt. → ACNP
ISSN journal
09500340
Volume
43
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1071 - 1077
Database
ISI
SICI code
0950-0340(1996)43:5<1071:2SIAKC>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
We study the existence and nature of soliton-like localized states in a passive cavity containing a Kerr medium driven by a plane-wave input field. As the background intensity is increased, these structures are always created in pairs, for topological reasons. The smaller 'solito n' is always unstable, while in two transverse dimensions the larger ' soliton' usually collapses to a singularity or decays.