Spatial solitons in a three-level atomic medium supported by a Laguerre-Gaussian control beam

Journal Article · Sun May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.83.053845· OSTI ID:21546894

Chao, Hang ^[1]; Konotop, V V ^[1]

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1. Centro de Fisica Teorica e Computacional, Faculdade de Ciencias, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Professor Gama Pinto 2, Lisboa PT-1649-003 (Portugal)

We investigate the existence and stability of various types of spatial solitons in a three-level atomic medium with Laguerre-Gaussian control beam. Radial and azimuthal modulations of the medium properties, introduced by the control beam, provide possibilities for existence of diverse soliton patterns and dynamics. Beam diffraction provides additional soliton controllability. All types of solitons can be generated at very low input energy at a few-photon level.

• OSTI ID: 21546894
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Vol. 83, Issue 5; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.83.053845; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 1050-2947
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
ATOMS
BEAM DYNAMICS
BEAMS
CONTROL
DIFFRACTION
MODULATION
PHOTONS
SOLITONS
BOSONS
COHERENT SCATTERING
DYNAMICS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
MASSLESS PARTICLES
MECHANICS
QUASI PARTICLES
SCATTERING