Experimental evidence of dissipative spatial solitons in an optical passive Kerr cavity
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We report on the first experimental evidence of localized structures (dissipative solitons) in a one-dimensional optical Fabry–Pérot passive Kerr cavity. The Kerr-like medium is a non-instantaneous, diffusive ultra-thin film of liquid crystal inserted in a low-finesse cavity. Solitons with oscillating tails are experimentally observed in this system that can lock together to form complexes of solitons. The numerical simulations carried out on an infinite-dimensional map describing the intra-cavity field dynamics fully agree with the experimental observations. 1 Author to whom any correspondence should be addressed. New Journal of Physics 13 (2011) 113026 1367-2630/11/113026+13$33.00 © IOP Publishing Ltd and Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft
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تاریخ انتشار 2011