Slow-light spatial solitons.
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Date publication
janvier 2008
Auteurs
Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Dr MAILLOTTE Hervé
Tous les auteurs :
Fanjoux G, Michaud J, Maillotte H, Sylvestre T
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Résumé
We numerically and experimentally report the observation of slow-light spatial solitons in a Kerr medium owing to light amplification by stimulated Raman scattering. This was achieved in a CS2 nonlinear planar waveguide that possesses both a strong self-focusing nonlinearity to generate the spatial Raman soliton and a Raman susceptibility sharp enough to induce the slow-light process simultaneously. We show that the Raman Stokes component is optically delayed by more than 120 ps for a 140 ps Raman pulse duration and only 3 cm of propagation length, while propagating as a spatial soliton beam.
Référence
Phys Rev Lett. 2008 Jan 11;100(1):013908