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D Ramírez Martínez1, M M Méndez Otero, M L Arroyo Carrasco
1Facultad de Ciencias Físico-Matemáticas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Puebla, México.
Abstract:
In this work, we numerically characterize the waveguide properties of the asymmetric collision between two bright spatial solitons in a nonlinear Kerr media. The results demonstrate that the energy carried by a probe beam guided by one soliton can be transferred after the collision to the waveguide created by the other soliton depending on the initial separation between the solitons, the angle of their collision, and in some cases, the particular soliton that initially guides the probe beam. The observed behavior is equivalent to that obtained for the symmetrical collision when there is an initial relative phase between the solitons.
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