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Published on: November 21, 2019
Rotationally symmetric transverse magnetic vector wave propagation for nonlinear optics
Abstract:
In this paper the theory and simulation results are presented for 3D cylindrical rotationally symmetric spatial soliton propagation in a nonlinear medium using a modified finite-difference time-domain general vector auxiliary differential equation method for transverse magnetic polarization. The theory of 3D rotationally symmetric spatial solitons is discussed, and compared with two (1 + 1)D, termed "2D" for this paper, hyperbolic secant spatial solitons, with a phase difference of π (antiphase). The simulated behavior of the 3D rotationally symmetric soliton was compared with the interaction of the two antiphase 2D solitons for different source hyperbolic secant separation distances. Lastly, we offer some possible explanations for the simulated soliton behavior.
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