Ultraslow temporal vector optical solitons in a cold four-level tripod atomic system

作者:Si Liu Gang*; Yang Wen Xing; Yang Xiaoxue
来源:Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics, 2009, 26(3): 478-486.
DOI:10.1364/josab.26.000478

摘要

We show the possibility of generating ultraslow temporal vector optical solitons in a cold lifetime-broadened, polarized four-level tripod atomic medium under Raman excitation. We demonstrate that the two orthogonally components of the low-intensity signal field can evolve into various distortion-free temporal vector optical solitons, such as bright-bright vector solitons with ultraslow group velocity. These results are produced from the balance of self- and cross-phase modulation effects and dispersion. We also show that Manakov temporal vector solitons may be realized by adjusting the corresponding self- and cross-phase modulation and dispersion effects of our system.