title: Kink shape solutions of the Maxwell-Lorentz system.
abstract: In the limit of high amplitude oscillating electromagnetic fields, a sequence of kink antikink shaped optical waves has been found in the Maxwell's equations coupled to a single Lorentz oscillator and with Kerr nonlinearity. The individual kinks and antikinks result from a traveling wave assumption and their stability has been assessed by numerical simulations. For typical physical parameter values the kink width is of the order of tens of femtoseconds.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby. M.P.Soerensen@mat.dtu.dk
authors.forename: Mads Peter
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Sørensen
authors.forename: Garry M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Webb
authors.forename: Moysey
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brio
authors.forename: Jerome V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Moloney