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Spatial photorefractive solitons with picosecond laser pulses

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We report on the formation of spatial optical solitons in photorefractive media using picosecond laser pulses. Solitons are generated with laser pulses in the visible and infrared wavelength region using photorefractive strontium barium niobate. The dynamics of the soliton formation and the region of existence is studied in detail.

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  1. Institut für Angewandte Physik and Center for Nonlinear Science, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, 48149, Münster, Germany

    J. Imbrock, C. Heese & C. Denz

  2. Institute for Quantum Electronics, ETH Zürich, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland

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Imbrock, J., Heese, C. & Denz, C. Spatial photorefractive solitons with picosecond laser pulses. Appl. Phys. B 95, 261–268 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-009-3448-5

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