Dispersion effects on the interaction of Airy beams and dark solitons

作者:Zhu, Kunzhan; Jia, Weiguo*; Qian, Cheng; Yu, Yu; Zhang, Kui
来源:Journal of Modern Optics, 2017, 64(3): 288-293.
DOI:10.1080/09500340.2016.1229515

摘要

We simulate and analyse an Airy pulse coupled with a dark soliton in a single-mode fibre by solving the non-linear Schrodinger equation (NLSE). Simulations show that the group velocity parameter beta(22) has a huge impact on the interaction between the Airy pulse and the dark soliton. At some values of beta(22), a bright soliton arises from the Airy pulse. The intensity of the bright soliton reaches a maximum when beta(22) takes a certain value. Meanwhile, the transmission distance and the primary energy of the Airy pulse are affected by the different values of beta(22). However, when the Airy pulse propagates in a linear medium, varying the value of beta(22) has only a slight impact on the interaction, and no bright soliton detaches from the Airy pulse. In brief, the dispersion effect has a large impact on the interaction of Airy pulses and dark solitons in a non-linear medium; however, dispersion has a lesser impact on interactions in a linear medium.