Intensity-controlled interactions between vectorial spatial solitary waves in quadratic nonlinear media

Opt Lett. 1997 Jan 1;22(1):7-9. doi: 10.1364/ol.22.000007.

Abstract

We numerically investigate the interaction of vectorial solitary waves propagating in a bulk crystal with a phase-matchable quadratic nonlinearity. We obtain coalescence, steering, crossing, or repulsion by controlling the launched intensities in two orthogonal polarizations without any coherent seed at the second harmonic.