Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Spatial screening solitons as particles

Belic1, Stepken, Kaiser

  • 1Institute of Physics, P.O. Box 57, 11001 Belgrade, Yugoslavia.

Physical Review Letters
|October 4, 2000
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

A new hysterosalpingography cutlery.

Zentralblatt fur Gynakologie·2010
Same author

Fast, Convenient, and Efficient Molybdenum-Catalyzed Asymmetric Allylic Alkylation under Noninert Conditions: An Example of Microwave-Promoted Fast Chemistry We gratefully acknowledge financial support from Personal Chemistry, the Swedish Natural Science Research Council (C.M.), and the Swedish Research Council for Engineering Sciences (M.L., A.H.).

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)·2000
Same author

Multiple scattering of light by atoms in the weak localization regime

Physical review letters·2000
Same author

Laser ray tracing and power deposition on an unstructured three-dimensional grid

Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics·2000
Same author

Evidence for a two component magnetic response in UPt3

Physical review letters·2000
Same author

Highly stereo- and regioselective allylations catalyzed by Mo-pyridylamide complexes: electronic and steric effects of the ligand

The Journal of organic chemistry·2000
Same journal

Erratum: Bacterial Turbulence at Compressible Fluid Interfaces [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 138301 (2026)].

Physical review letters·2026
Same journal

Unveiling Light-Quark Yukawa Flavor Structure via Dihadron Fragmentation at Lepton Colliders.

Physical review letters·2026
Same journal

Adaptable Route to Fast Coherent State Transport via Bang-Bang-Bang Protocols.

Physical review letters·2026
Same journal

Topological Transition and Emergence of Elasticity of Dislocation in Skyrmion Lattice: Beyond Kittel's Magnetic-Polar Analogy.

Physical review letters·2026
Same journal

Pound-Drever-Hall Method for Superconducting-Qubit Readout.

Physical review letters·2026
Same journal

Coupling a ^{73}Ge Nuclear Spin to an Electrostatically Defined Quantum Dot in Silicon.

Physical review letters·2026
See all related articles

Photorefractive spatial screening solitons behave like particles in a potential well. This classical mechanics model accurately predicts their trajectories, showing they do not spiral due to non-central motion.

Area of Science:

  • Nonlinear optics
  • Wave propagation
  • Classical mechanics

Background:

  • Photorefractive spatial screening solitons exhibit complex behaviors.
  • Understanding their dynamics is crucial for optical applications.
  • Existing models may not fully capture their trajectory patterns.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To model photorefractive spatial screening solitons using geometrical optics and classical mechanics.
  • To derive and solve the equations of motion for soliton trajectories.
  • To analyze the nature of soliton motion in the transverse plane.

Main Methods:

  • Geometrical optics approximation for solitons as rays.
  • Transformation to a classical mechanics framework.
  • Solving Hamiltonian equations of motion.

Related Experiment Videos

  • Comparing derived trajectories with optical center-of-mass data.

    • Main Results:

    • Soliton trajectories were successfully integrated.
    • The derived trajectories match optical center-of-mass paths.
    • Transverse plane motion is non-central.
    • Soliton orbits are not closed, preventing spiraling.

    Conclusions:

    • A classical mechanics analogy provides an accurate description of soliton dynamics.
    • The non-central nature of motion prevents spiraling, offering insights into soliton stability.
    • This approach simplifies the analysis of complex optical phenomena.