Parametric Solitons in isotropic media

1. Fifth Conference AMITaNS June 24 - 29, 2013, Albena, Bulgaria  Parametric Solitons in isotropic media D. A. Georgieva, L. M. Kovachev

2. The effects of confinement between picosecond optical pulses due to Cross Phase Modulation (CPM) in multimode and birefringent optical fibres have been discussed in many papers 1) Menyuk (1989, 2004); 2) Afanas’ev, Kovachev and Serkin (1990); 3) Kovachev (1991); 4) Radhakrishnan, Lakshmanan and Hietarinta (1997); 5) Todorov and Christov (2009). The basic effect in the collision dynamics between two or three pulses is a detachment and confinement of part of one pulse in the other. The obtained mixed states are stable at long distances. The numerical experiment shows that during the propagation and interaction the localized waves change their shape, but they preserve the quantities normally associated with the coupled Nonlinear Schrëdinger Equations (NLSs). In a stable mixed state each of the pulses conserves his mass (local energy).

3. The typical evolution of optical pulses governed by the coupledNonlinear Schrëdinger Equations. -4 0 4 For the numerical experiments we use the Split-Step Fourier Method.

4. Is it possible a mechanism of an exchange of energy between the pieces into the mixed states? We will discuss this possibility on the base of two types of parametric processes in optical fibers.

5. NONLINEAR POLARIZATION OF TWO COMPONENTS AT ONE CARRYING FREQUENCY The electrical field associated with linearly or elliptically polarized optical wave is where Ax, Ay are the complex amplitudes of the polarization components of a wave with a carrying frequency ω0.

6. LINEARLY POLARIZED COMPONENTS. MANAKOV SYSTEM We investigate the polarization dynamics of two initially linearly polarized components of the electrical field  1) there is no initial phase difference between the components; 2) the complex amplitudes can be expressed as a product of two amplitude functions with equal phases: Ax = Cxexp(i), Ay = Cyexp(i). The nonlinear polarization in the case of isotropic medium is well known where ωis the optical frequency, A(ω), B(ω) are nonlinear coefficients. The components of the nonlinear polarization are

7. Manakov system From Maxwell equations in the negative dispersion region of an optical fibre  where  is a dimensionless nonlinear parameter. (The system is written in normalized by dispersion lengths z = z/zdisp and moving with the group velocity frame (Local Time frame): z = z, t = t - z/v.) The Manakov system admits the following fundamental stable soliton solution when  = 1

8. The exact solution is invariant with respect to an arbitrary initial phase difference, i.e. also is a fundamental soliton solution of the Manakov system. • ELLIPTICALLY POLARIZED COMPONENTS. In the case of elliptically polarized light pulses the complex amplitudes Ax and Ayas a product of two amplitude functions with different initial phases: Ax = Cxexp(ix), Ay = Cyexp(iy). In the case of nonresonant electronic nonlinearities  A(ω) = B(ω) = const and Last terms present degenerate four wave mixing process (ω1 = ω2 = ω3).

9. Parametric system From Maxwell equations in an optical fibre  In this case xy 0 (phase difference)  periodical exchange of energy between the elliptically polarized components. When the phase difference vanishes (x y = 0 – linearly polarized components)  1) the amplitude functions admit again equal phases; 2) the nonlinear polarization with elliptically polarized components can be transfor- med to the nonlinear orthogonal polarization (Manakov case); 3) the parametric terms appear as usual cross-phase terms and the Parametric system is equal to the Manakov system.

10. Exact soliton solution The Parametric system has the same fundamental soliton solution as the Manakov system when  = 1 and if there is not an initial phase difference ( = 1 - 2 = 0) but it is not invariant with respect to an arbitrary initial phase difference, i.e. is not a fundamental solution of the Parametric system. Overlapped components When we investigate initial components with phase difference = 1 - 2  0 and the initial amplitudes are slightly above the theoretical for soliton regime we observe a stable propagation with a periodical exchange of energy between the components.

11.  =π / 2

12. Initially separated components. Collision dinamics When the components of the pulse 1) are initially spatially separated; 2) have different phases; and 3) the degeneratedcondition of the wave synchronism is satisfied(2ω1 - 2ω2 = 0) the components collide. After the collision we observe a detachment and confinement of part of one pulse in the other. We observe a generation of mixed states of the wave packets and an intensive energy exchange during their propagation. t -4 0 4

13. HAMILTONIAN STRUCTURE OF THE MANAKOV TYPE SYSTEMS AND THE PARAMETRIC SYSTEM These systems 1) are conservative; 2) have Hamiltonian structure; 3) satisfy at least three conservation laws of a) Hamiltonian H, b) momen- tum P and c) total energy N. • MANAKOV TYPE SYSTEMS We consider where a > 0.

14. The Hamiltonian of the Manakov type systems: Let us consider the following remaining integrals a) the total energy of the system b) the energy of each component – at every moment of the interaction, even in the case when the components could be separated on different pieces, the localized energy is constant

15. PARAMETRIC SYSTEM The Hamiltonian of the Parametric system has the form a) the total energy of the system is still constant b) the energy of each component is nota constant

16. The change of energy of each pulse is described by the first derivative of local energy the complex amplitudes Ax and Ay are presented in exponential form – • When  = 2x  2y = 0 (Manakov case) the energy of each component is a constant and there is not an exchange of energy. • When  = 2x  2y  0 we observean exchange of energy between the waves which reaches its maximum when  = 2x  2y = π / 2.

17. DIFFERENT CARRYING FREQUENCIES, CROSS-PHASE MODULATION AND PARAMETRIC AMPLIFICATION Using optical fibres as a nonlinear medium, a wide variety of nonlinear effects have been observed. One of them, the four photon parametric mixing between three laser pulses (2ω3 = ω1 +ω2) can be used to convert the input light pulse at ω3 frequency on two different frequencies ω1 and ω2. The electrical field associated with three linear polarized optical waves at different frequencies can be written in the form where A1, A2 and A3 are the complex amplitudes of the components of three waves on different frequencies and the phase-matching condition 2ω3 =ω1+ω2 is satisfied.

18. Parametric system The corresponding Parametric system of the amplitude equations, governing the nonlinear propagation in a fibre, written in approximation up to second order of dispersion is where v is the group velocity, βi are the dispersion parameters and  is the nonlinear coefficient.

19. Exact soliton solution The Parametric Nonlinear System of Equations (PNSE) admits an exact soliton solution of the kind when the waves have equal group velocities, kz= 0 and β1 = β2 = β3 = 1. These parametric solitons are with equal initial phases and are relatively stable on large distances. Overlapped puses Let us investigate PNSE for initial pulses with phase difference – when there is an initial phase difference Δϕ = π / 2 and the initial amplitudes are slightly above the theoretical for soliton regime, for example we observe an intensive exchange of the energy between the waves.

20. a) the exact soliton solution b) overlapped pulses

21. Initially separated pulses. Collision dinamics When the pulses 1) are initially separated; 2) have different phases; 3) have different group velocities and 4) the condition of the wave synchronism is satisfied (2ω3 = ω1 + ω2) the pulses collide. We observe a generation of mixed states of the wave packets and an intensive energy exchange between them. t -6 0 6

22. Conclusions • We investigate the propagation of two and three optical pulses in an isotropic media when phase-matched conditions of the kind (2ω1 −2ω2 = 0) or (2ω3 = ω1 +ω2) are satisfied. • In this case terms connected with four-photon parametric processes in the corresponding nonlinear evolution equations appear. These terms generate a periodical exchange of the energy between the optical waves. • The existence of new kind of parametrically connected solitons is discussed. We observe a confinement of the waves and a generation of mixed states of wave packets with different polarization or frequencies. • It is shown that the Parametric system of equations has Hamiltonian with structure quite different than the Hamiltonians of the well known Manakov type systems.