Drift instability of dark solitons in saturable media.
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چکیده
It is shown that dark solitons display an inherent instability for a strong saturation of the nonlinear refractive index provided that the background intensity exceeds a certain critical value. Such an instability manifests itself as a drift of a black soliton that transform into a gray soliton and radiation.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Optics letters
دوره 21 15 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1996