Arbitrary bending of optical solitonic beam regulated by boundary excitations in a doped resonant medium

TL;DR

This paper proposes a method to bend optical solitonic beams along arbitrary curves by controlling boundary excitations in a doped resonant medium, expanding the possibilities for nonlinear optical applications.

Contribution

It introduces a novel technique to achieve arbitrary bending of optical beams using boundary population inversion control in a doped medium, which was not previously demonstrated.

Findings

Theoretical prediction of arbitrarily bent optical solitonic beams.

Potential for experimental realization in nonlinear optical systems.

Applicability to other nonlinear phenomena like plasma or ocean waves.

Abstract

Bending of a shape-invariant optical beam is achieved so far along parabolic or circular curves. Borrowing ideas used in nonlinear optical communication, we propose such a bending along any preassigned curve or surface, controlled by the boundary population inversion of atoms in an Erbium doped medium. The optical beam generated in a nonlinear Kerr medium and transmitted through a doped resonant medium as an accelerating soliton predicted here, should be realizable experimentally and applicable to nonlinear events in other areas like plasma or ocean wave.