Terahertz solitons

Sazonov, S.V.

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Сазонов С.В. Терагерцовые солитоны // Оптический журнал. 2015. Т. 82. № 11. С. 5–14.

Sazonov S.V. Terahertz solitons [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2015. V. 82. № 11. P. 5–14.

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

S. V. Sazonov, "Terahertz solitons," Journal of Optical Technology. 82(11), 719-726 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.82.000719

Abstract:

This paper presents a theoretical study of soliton and solitonlike propagation regimes of broad-band terahertz pulses in nonlinear crystals. The standard approximation of slowly varying amplitudes for quasi-monochromatic signals is not used in this case. Solitonlike propagation regimes known in other areas of physics and those unknown earlier are analyzed. Solitons in media that contain tunnel quantum transitions are studied in detail.

Keywords:

soliton, terahertz radiation, optical rectification, nonlinearity, dispersion, tunnel transitions

Acknowledgements:

This work was carried out with the financial support of the Russian Foundation for Fundamental Research (Project No. 13-02-00199a).

OCIS codes: 190.5530, 190.4720

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