Light bullets in quadratic media with normal dispersion at the second harmonic
Pattern Formation and Solitons
2009-11-10 v1
Abstract
Stable two- and three-dimensional spatiotemporal solitons (STSs) in second-harmonic-generating media are found in the case of normal dispersion at the second harmonic (SH). This result, surprising from the theoretical viewpoint, opens a way for experimental realization of STSs. An analytical estimate for the existence of STSs is derived, and full results, including a complete stability diagram, are obtained in a numerical form. STSs withstand not only the normal SH dispersion, but also finite walk-off between the harmonics, and readily self-trap from a Gaussian pulse launched at the fundamental frequency.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.nlin/0302035,
title = {Light bullets in quadratic media with normal dispersion at the second harmonic},
author = {I. N. Towers and B. A. Malomed and F. W. Wise},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nlin/0302035},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, 5 figures, accepted to Phys. Rev. Lett