title: Dark incoherent soliton splitting and "phase-memory" effects: Theory and experiment.
abstract: We report on an experimental observation of dark incoherent soliton Y splitting. The effects of incoherence on the evolution of incoherent dark soliton doublets are investigated both theoretically and experimentally. We show that the dynamics of these incoherent self-trapped entities are associated with strong "phase-memory" effects that are otherwise absent in the linear regime.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, USA.
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Coskun
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Christodoulides
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Segev