Clustering of solitons in weakly correlated wavefronts.

Chen, Zhigang; Sears, Suzanne M; Martin, Hector; Christodoulides, Demetrios N; Segev, Mordechai · Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A · 2002

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

We demonstrate theoretically and experimentally the spontaneous clustering of solitons in partially coherent wavefronts during the final stages of pattern formation initiated by modulation instability and noise.