TY - JOUR
TI - Optical stripes and bullets for a modified nonlinear Schrodinger
equation
AU - Polymilis, C
AU - Frantzeskakis, DJ
AU - Yannacopoulos, AN
AU - Hizanidis,
AU - K
AU - Rowlands, G
JO - Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics
PY - 2001
VL - 18
TODO - 1
SP - 75-80
PB - OPTICAL SOC AMER
SN - 0740-3224, 1520-8540
TODO - 10.1364/JOSAB.18.000075
TODO - null
TODO - We study the existence, formation, and stability of
quasi-one-dimensional (stripes) and two-dimensional (bullets)
spatio-temporal soliton solutions for a (2 + 1)-dimensional modified
nonlinear Schrodinger equation, in the presence of the self-steepening
effect. These solutions, which are on top of a continuous-wave
background, are either dark or antidark, the latter being supported by
the self-steepening effect. We show that there exist stable
small-amplitude lump solitons, which, in the context of nonlinear
optics, constitute novel light bullets. (C) 2001 Optical Society of
America.
ER -