Transverse modulational instabilities of counterpropagating solitons in photorefractive crystals

M. Belić; M. Petrović; D. Jović; A. Strinić; D. Arsenović; K. Motzek; F. Kaiser; Ph Jander; C. Denz; M. Tlidi; Paul Mandel

doi:10.1364/OPEX.12.000708

Transverse modulational instabilities of counterpropagating solitons in photorefractive crystals

M. Belić^*, M. Petrović, D. Jović, A. Strinić, D. Arsenović, K. Motzek, F. Kaiser, Ph Jander, C. Denz, M. Tlidi, Paul Mandel

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We study numerically the counterpropagating vector solitons in SBN:60 photorefractive crystals. A simple theory is provided for explaining the symmetry-breaking transverse instability of these solitons. Phase diagram is produced that depicts the transition from stable counterpropagating solitons to bidirectional waveguides to unstable optical structures. Numerical simulations are performed that predict novel dynamical beam structures, such as the standing-wave and rotating multipole vector solitonic clusters. For larger coupling strengths and/or thicker crystals the beams form unstable self-trapped optical structures that have no counterparts in the copropagating geometry.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	708-716
Number of pages	9
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	12
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OPEX.12.000708
Publication status	Published - Feb 2004
Externally published	Yes

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