Two-dimensional vector solitons in a cold atomic gas via electromagnetically induced transparency

Wen Wu Deng; Shun Fang Chen; Ya Wei Guo; Hong Li; Si Liu Xu; Qi Guo; Milivoj J. Belić; Yuan Zhao

doi:10.1016/j.physleta.2019.06.011

Two-dimensional vector solitons in a cold atomic gas via electromagnetically induced transparency

Wen Wu Deng
, Shun Fang Chen
, Ya Wei Guo
, Hong Li
, Si Liu Xu^*
, Qi Guo
, Milivoj J. Belić
, Yuan Zhao

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We investigate the formation and propagation of vector vortex solitons (VSs) and unipolar solitons (USs) in a cold coherent atomic gas with a Bessel lattice (BL). The system considered is a gas with a tripod level configuration. Owing to the big enhancement of Kerr nonlinearity contributed by the electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT), a weak vector vortex soliton can be effectively formed with ultraslow propagation velocity. We also demonstrate that the characteristics of two-dimensional VSs and USs can be controlled and manipulated by adjusting the parameters of BL. Results obtained may be useful for designing all-optical switches at low light levels.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3025-3029
Number of pages	5
Journal	Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
Volume	383
Issue number	24
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2019.06.011
Publication status	Published - 22 Aug 2019
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Cold atomic gas
Electromagnetically induced transparency
Unipolar solitons
Vector vortex solitons

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Two-dimensional vector solitons in a cold atomic gas via electromagnetically induced transparency

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