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Optical Kerr Spatio-Temporal Dark-Lump Dynamics of Hydrodynamic Origin

arXiv:1602.08464 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.173901

Abstract

There is considerable fundamental and applicative interest in obtaining non-diffractive and non-dispersive spatio-temporal localized wave packets propagating in optical cubic nonlinear or Kerr media. Here, we analytically predict the existence of a novel family of spatio-temporal dark lump solitary wave solutions of the (2+1)D nonlinear Schrödinger equation. Dark lumps represent multi-dimensional holes of light on a continuous wave background. We analytically derive the dark lumps from the hydrodynamic exact soliton solutions of the (2+1)D shallow water Kadomtsev-Petviashvili model, inheriting their complex interaction properties. This finding opens a novel path for the excitation and control of optical multidimensional extreme wave phenomena of hydrodynamic footprint.

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