
INDEX
179
Solitary waves. See Solitons
Soliton(s)
alternate, 143,148,150-55,151/ 152/
153/
154/
amplitude of, 5, 56, 59,133
area of, 56
BECs/one-dimensional, 89-103,91/ 92/
93/
94/ 95/ 99/ 102/
inBECs/optics, 13-18, 15/ 16/ 17/
23-24
EG, 8-10, 73-74, 80-88, 83/ 84/ 86/
87/
88/
binding potential of, 6
bound states of, 47, 48^9
bright,localized, 6
collisions between,
45-50,49f,
50f
concept of, 1-13
degradation of, 38
in DM, 32-37,36/ 40-^5,42/ 43/ 44/
45/
dsmamics in harmonic modulation model,
29-32,30/31/32/
embedded, 10
energies, 30-32, 30/ 31/ 32/
external/intrinsic instability of, 101-2
FRM/one-dimensional, 155-59,156/
157/
158/ 160/
fundamental (splinters), 97-103, 99/
102/
104/
higher-order, 93-96, 94/ 95/
interactions between generation of
moving v., 85-88, 88/
management for channel, 105-13,107/
111/113/
matter-wave, 13
multidimensional optical, 23
NLM/DM for cubic/quadratic, 73, 74-78,
77/
79/
NLS and, 3-8
one-dimensional, 89-103, 91/ 92/ 93/
94/95/99/102/
one-dimensional optical, 20-23
optical, 2-13
oscillations of, 98-103, 99/ 102/ 103/
period, 5-6
in periodic heterogeneous media, 18-24
quasi, 25
in randomly, modulated systems, 22
semi-stable, 10
spatial, 11,106, 108-11,116-19,118/
spatially-averaged squared width of, 150
splittingof,
31-32, 32/
in SSM, 52-62, 57/ 58/ 59/ 61/ 62/ 63/
SSM/diagrams of states for, 60-64, 61/
62/
63/
stable multidimensional, 12
3-,
6, 94/ 96
3D,
144-47,146/ 147/
2-,
6, 96
2D,
121-30,126/ 129/
vectorial (two-component), 7-8
Soliton management
BSEs and, 23-24
general description of, 18-20
multidimensional optical solitons and, 23
one-dimensional optical solitons and,
20-23
Solitons, dark (DSs), 2, 6-7
Solitons, gap (GSs), 2, 9
alternate regular-, 8, 143
creation of, 8, 143
family of, 80-81
ID,
14
second-harmonic-generation, 11-12
temporal, 10
3D,
15, 17/
2D,
14-15, 16/
Solitons, spatiotemporal (STSs), 2, 12, 23,
131
Solitons, Townes (TSs), 115, 123, 137,145
Split-step model (SSM), 22
breathers in, 60-64, 61/ 62/ 63/
combined DM-,
66-71,
68/ 70/
constitutive equation for, 55
diagrams of states for solitons in, 60-64,
61/
62/ 63/
formulation of, 52-54
introduction to, 51-52
isolated pulses and, 67-69,68/
numerical result comparisons of, 56-60,
57/
58/ 59/
optical telecommunications and, 52
pulse pairs and, 69-71,70/ 71/
random, 53,64—66,65/
solitons in, 52-62, 57/ 58/ 59/ 61/ 62/
63/
three-step system for, 66
VA to, 54-56
SPM. See Self-phase modulations
SSM. See Split-step model
Stationary transmissions, 34
STSs.
See SoHtons, spatiotemporal
Tandem model, 22, 73-74
Termination, 60
Thomas-Fermi functions (TF), 90-92, 91/