Back to Search Start Over

Photovoltaic spatial solitons

Photovoltaic spatial solitons

Authors :
Mordechai Segev
George C. Valley
Minoru Taya
Matthew C. Bashaw
Martin M. Fejer
Source :
Journal of the Optical Society of America B. 14:1772
Publication Year :
1997
Publisher :
The Optical Society, 1997.

Abstract

We analyze self-trapping of one-dimensional optical beams in photorefractive, photovoltaic media for open- and closed-circuit realizations. We show that a passive load (resistor) in the external circuit can be used for switching of dark photovoltaic solitons. Dark solitons in a short-circuited crystal can be obtained for a much smaller nonlinearity than in open-circuit conditions. Shorting the crystal affects bright solitons very little.

Details

ISSN :
15208540 and 07403224
Volume :
14
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of the Optical Society of America B
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........9faa7cdf1cdba738da26c7b3aff6a5bf
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1364/josab.14.001772