Complex soliton-like pattern generation in Potassium Niobate due to noisy, high intensity, input beams.
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.
Jankovic
Ladislav
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Polyakov
Sergey
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Stegeman
George
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Carrasco
Silvia
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Torner
Lluis
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Bosshard
Christian
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Gunter
Peter
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