title: Frequency generation and solitonic decay in three wave interactions.
abstract: We consider experimentally three-wave resonant nonlinear interactions of fields propagating in nonlinear media. We investigate the spatial dynamics of two diffractionless beams at frequency omega1, omega2 which mix to generate a field at the sum frequency omega3. If the generated field at omega3 can sustain a soliton, it decays into solitons at omega1, omega2. We report the experimental evidence of the transition from steady frequency wave generation to solitonic decay in nonlinear optics.
authors: Dipartimento di Elettronica per l'Automazione, CNISM, Università di Brescia, 25123 Brescia, Italy. fabio.baronio@ing.unibs.it
authors: Fabio
authors: F
authors: Baronio
authors: Matteo
authors: M
authors: Conforti
authors: Marco
authors: M
authors: Andreana
authors: Vincent
authors: V
authors: Couderc
authors: Costantino
authors: C
authors: De Angelis
authors: Stefan
authors: S
authors: Wabnitz
authors: Alain
authors: A
authors: Barthélémy
authors: Antonio
authors: A
authors: Degasperis
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D008027:Light; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012542:Scattering, Radiation