Variational dynamics of spatial solitons in quasi-phase-matched quadratic media

Edward D. Farnum, J. Nathan Kutz

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Abstract

We consider the stability and dynamics of quasi-phase-matched (QPM) solitons which are generated in materials with cascaded quadratic nonlinearity. The use of a variational reduction in conjunction with a Poincaré (periodic orbit) analysis gives a reduced differential equation model which captures the leading-order fast and slow behaviours of the pulse dynamics. This strengthens previous results pertaining to the existence of QPM solitons, and further suggests that they are robust under even large perturbations. However, the perturbed QPM solitons are shown to manifest a slow scale behaviour which persists even for large propagation distances. This slow scale behaviour is qualitatively described with our averaging methods and is to be expected in physically realizable systems.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)405-410
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics
Volume6
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2004

Keywords

  • QPM solitons
  • Quasi-phase-matching
  • Spatial solitons
  • Variational approximation

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