Eliminating the transverse instabilities of Kerr solitons

Authors
Anastassiou, C Soljacic, M Segev, M Eugenieva, ED Christodoulides, DN Kip, D Musslimani, ZH Torres, JP
Citation
C. Anastassiou et al., Eliminating the transverse instabilities of Kerr solitons, PHYS REV L, 85(23), 2000, pp. 4888-4891
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
ISSN journal
00319007 → ACNP
Volume
85
Issue
23
Year of publication
2000
Pages
4888 - 4891
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(200012)85:23<4888:ETTIOK>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
We show analytically, numerically, and experimentally that a transversely s table one-dimensional [(1 + 1)D] bright Kerr soliton can exist in a 3D bulk medium. The transverse instability of the soliton is completely eliminated if it is made sufficiently incoherent along the transverse dimension. We d erive a criterion for the threshold of transverse instability that links th e nonlinearity to the largest transverse correlation distance for which the 1D soliton is stable.