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Birefringent solitons; non-linear polarization; Schrödinger equation

Novel effects resulting from joint action of chirality and non-linearity are discussed using a basic equation describing the temporal evolution of fields in a chiral medium with Kerr non-linearity. The spatial chirality effect is characterized through the Born-Fedorov formalism. Our simulations are based on the split-step Fourier method and the solution of the Stokes parameters. The numerical results show the chiral effect on solitons with circular polarization and mixed polarization spatial solitons.

H Torres-Silva¹ M Zamorano Lucero¹

1. Departamento de Electronica, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Tarapacá, Casilla 6 D, Av. 18 de Septiembre, Arica-Chile - 2222

Published

January 2004

Manuscript received

11 November 2002

Manuscript revised

19 July 2003

Accepted

31 July 2003