TY - JOUR
T1 - Nonlinear management of the angular momentum of soliton clusters
T2 - Theory and experiment
AU - Fratalocchi, Andrea
AU - Piccardi, Armando
AU - Peccianti, Marco
AU - Assanto, Gaetano
PY - 2007/6/29
Y1 - 2007/6/29
N2 - We demonstrate, both theoretically and experimentally, how to acquire nonlinear control over the angular momentum of a cluster of solitary waves. Our results, stemming from a universal theoretical model, show that the angular momentum can be adjusted by acting on the global energy input in the system. The phenomenon is experimentally ascertained in nematic liquid crystals by observing a power-dependent rotation of a two-soliton ensemble.
AB - We demonstrate, both theoretically and experimentally, how to acquire nonlinear control over the angular momentum of a cluster of solitary waves. Our results, stemming from a universal theoretical model, show that the angular momentum can be adjusted by acting on the global energy input in the system. The phenomenon is experimentally ascertained in nematic liquid crystals by observing a power-dependent rotation of a two-soliton ensemble.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34547247726&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevA.75.063835
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevA.75.063835
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34547247726
SN - 1050-2947
VL - 75
JO - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
JF - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
IS - 6
M1 - 063835
ER -