Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Instabilities of optical solitons and Hamiltonian singular solutions in a medium of finite extension

Journal Article · · Physical Review. A
; ; ;  [1]
  1. Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne (ICB), UMR 5209 CNRS-Universite de Bourgogne, 9 Avenue A. Savary, Boite Postale 47 870, F-21078 Dijon Cedex (France)
We analyze the role of soliton solutions and Hamiltonian singularities in the dynamics of counterpropagating waves in a medium of finite spatial extension. The soliton solution can become unstable due to the finite extension of the system. We show that the spatiotemporal dynamics then relaxes toward a Hamiltonian singular state of a nature different than that of the soliton state. This phenomenon can be explained through a geometrical analysis of the singularities of the stationary Hamiltonian system.
OSTI ID:
22058768
Journal Information:
Physical Review. A, Journal Name: Physical Review. A Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 84; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Similar Records

Geometric solitons of Hamiltonian flows on manifolds
Journal Article · Sat Dec 14 23:00:00 EST 2013 · Journal of Mathematical Physics · OSTI ID:22250948

Modulated solitons at a singular Hopf bifurcation
Journal Article · Sat Feb 14 23:00:00 EST 1987 · Phys. Rev. A; (United States) · OSTI ID:7015171

Modulational instability and gap solitons in a finite Josephson transmission line
Journal Article · Thu Mar 14 23:00:00 EST 1991 · Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter; (USA) · OSTI ID:5633978