title: Complex soliton-like pattern generation in Potassium Niobate due to noisy, high intensity, input beams.
abstract: We report the generation of complex soliton-like patterns in noncritically-phase-matched potassium niobate which occur in random spatial patterns from shot-to-shot. Up to five spots have been generated at input intensities of 10's GW/cm2, many times the single soliton threshold. The mechanism which leads to the symmetry breaking required for the complex patterns is interpreted to be random noise imprinted on the input light.
authors.forename: Ladislav
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jankovic
authors.forename: Sergey
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Polyakov
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stegeman
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Carrasco
authors.forename: Lluis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Torner
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bosshard
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gunter