Symmetry-breaking instabilities of spatial parametric solitons

Alfredo De Rossi; Stefano Trillo; Alexander V. Buryak; Yuri S. Kivshar

doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.56.R4959

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Symmetry-breaking instabilities of spatial parametric solitons

Alfredo De Rossi, Stefano Trillo, Alexander V. Buryak, and Yuri S. Kivshar

Phys. Rev. E 56, R4959(R) – Published 1 November 1997

Abstract

We investigate the symmetry-breaking (temporal or transverse) instabilities of (1+1)- and (2+1)-dimensional two-wave parametric solitons sustained through the interplay of diffraction and second-harmonic generation.

Received 26 June 1997

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.56.R4959

Authors & Affiliations

Alfredo De Rossi and Stefano Trillo

Fondazione Ugo Bordoni, Via B. Castiglione 59, 00142 Roma, Italy

Alexander V. Buryak and Yuri S. Kivshar

Australian Photonics Cooperative Research Centre, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Optical Sciences Centre, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia

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Vol. 56, Iss. 5 — November 1997

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