Nonparaxial (1 + 1)D spatial solitons in uniaxial media

Opt Lett. 2011 Jan 15;36(2):193-5. doi: 10.1364/OL.36.000193.

Abstract

We investigate nonparaxial spatial solitons in uniaxial media with a cubic nonlinearity, accounting for the fully vectorial electromagnetic perturbation and the longitudinal field component in the self-induced index well. We discuss the effective nonlocality arising in purely Kerr media and soliton self-steering owing to nonlinear changes in walk-off.