Kink solitons and optical shocks in dispersive nonlinear media
- 1 August 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 46 (3) , 1573-1577
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.46.1573
Abstract
The generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equation governs wave propagation in nonlinear dispersive media by including the effects of group-velocity dispersion, self-phase-modulation, stimulated Raman scattering, and self-steepening. This equation is shown to have solitary-wave solutions that correspond to an optical shock front moving at the group velocity. The properties of such kink-type solitary waves are discussed.Keywords
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