Multimode Incoherent Spatial Solitons in Logarithmically Saturable Nonlinear Media
- 16 March 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 80 (11) , 2310-2313
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.80.2310
Abstract
We show that multimode incoherent spatial solitons are possible in logarithmically saturable nonlinear media. The mode-occupancy function associated with these soliton states is found to obey a Poisson distribution. Our analysis indicates that two approaches, i.e., the dynamic coherent density description as well as static self-consistent multimode method lead to exactly the same results. Closed form solutions are obtained for as well as for circular and elliptical incoherent solitons.
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