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Bright-bright 2pi solitons in stimulated Raman scattering
Optics Letters
|October 22, 2009
Abstract:
We found conditions for excitation of bright-bright 2pi solitons in stimulated Raman scattering that involves nutation of population at Raman quantum levels, for two (laser-Stokes) and three (e.g., laser-Stokes-anti-Stokes) components. The soliton components at all participating frequencies are bright solitons of the same, Lorentzian, shape, in contrast to the well-known bright-dark soliton combination in stimulated Raman scattering.
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