Spontaneous formation of symbiotic solitary waves in a backward quasi-phase-matched parametric oscillator

Authors
Picozzi, A Haelterman, M
Citation
A. Picozzi et M. Haelterman, Spontaneous formation of symbiotic solitary waves in a backward quasi-phase-matched parametric oscillator, OPTICS LETT, 23(23), 1998, pp. 1808-1810
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
01469592 → ACNP
Volume
23
Issue
23
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1808 - 1810
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(199812)23:23<1808:SFOSSW>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
We show analytically the existence of nondegenerate symbiotic solitary wave s in quadratic media with absorption losses. We study these new solitary wa ves in the particular case of a backward quasi-phase-matching configuration . Our numerical simulations reveal that, when it is used inside a singly re sonant optical parametric oscillator, this configuration leads to the spont aneous formation of new solitary waves. (C) 1998 Optical Society of America .