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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Incoherent solitons generated in instantaneous response nonlinear Kerr media

Antonio PicozziMarc HaeltermanGuy MillotStéphane Pitois

subject

PhysicsOptical fiberbusiness.industryKerr nonlinearityPhysics::OpticsNonlinear opticsPolarization (waves)law.inventionNonlinear systemOpticslawbusinessNonlinear Sciences::Pattern Formation and SolitonsCircular polarization

description

We show theoretically and experimentally in an optical fiber system, that incoherent domain wall solitons can be generated spontaneously from incoherent light, despite of the instantaneous response of the fiber Kerr nonlinearity.

https://doi.org/10.1364/nlgw.2004.wa3