Periodic solitons in nonlocal nonlinear media

Opt Lett. 2007 Nov 1;32(21):3209-11. doi: 10.1364/ol.32.003209.

Abstract

We identify periodic solitons in nonlocal nonlinear media: multi-hump soliton solutions propagating in a fully periodic fashion. We also demonstrate recurrences and breathers whose evolution is statistically periodic and discuss why some systems support periodic solitons while others do not.