Power-dependent soliton steering in thermal nonlinear media

TL;DR

This paper investigates how optical solitons in thermal nonlinear media can be controlled and steered by adjusting input light intensity, enabling switching between surface and bulk solitons.

Contribution

It demonstrates controllable soliton steering in thermal nonlinear media through power variation, a novel approach for optical beam control.

Findings

Power-dependent switching between surface and bulk solitons

Beam steering achieved by varying input intensity

Controllable soliton propagation in thermal media

Abstract

We address the existence and properties of optical solitons excited in thermal nonlinear media with a transverse refractive index gradient. We show that in such a geometry one can generate controllable switching from surface soliton propagating near the sample edges to bulk solitons. Beam steering associated to the different soliton output locations can be achieved by varying the input light intensity.