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Inelastic scattering and interactions of three-wave parametric solitons

Matteo Conforti, Fabio Baronio, Antonio Degasperis, and Stefan Wabnitz
Phys. Rev. E 74, 065602(R) – Published 19 December 2006

Abstract

We study the interactions of velocity-locked three-wave parametric solitons in a medium with quadratic nonlinearity and dispersion. We reveal that the inelastic scattering between three-wave solitons and linear waves may be described in terms of analytical solutions with dynamically varying group velocity, or boomerons. Moreover, we demonstrate the elastic nature of three-wave soliton-soliton collisions and interactions.

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  • Received 4 September 2006

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.74.065602

©2006 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Matteo Conforti and Fabio Baronio

  • Dipartimento di Elettronica per l’Automazione, Università di Brescia, Via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia, Italy

Antonio Degasperis

  • Dipartimento di Fisica, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Università “La Sapienza,” Piazzale A. Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy

Stefan Wabnitz

  • Laboratoire de Physique, Université de Bourgogne, UMR CNRS 5027, 9 Avenue A. Savary, 21078 Dijon, France

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Vol. 74, Iss. 6 — December 2006

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