Hamiltonian structure of propagation equations for ultrashort optical pulses

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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer013812
FachzeitschriftPhysical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Jahrgang82
Ausgabenummer1
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 13 Juli 2010
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Abstract

A Hamiltonian framework is developed for a sequence of ultrashort optical pulses propagating in a nonlinear dispersive medium. To this end a second-order nonlinear wave equation for the electric field is transformed into a first-order propagation equation for a suitably defined complex electric field. The Hamiltonian formulation is then introduced in terms of normal variables, i.e., classical complex fields referring to the quantum creation and annihilation operators. The derived z-propagated Hamiltonian accounts for forward and backward waves, arbitrary medium dispersion, and four-wave mixing processes. As a simple application we obtain integrals of motion for the pulse propagation. The integrals reflect time-averaged fluxes of energy, momentum, and photons transferred by the pulse. Furthermore, pulses in the form of stationary nonlinear waves are considered. They yield extremal values of the momentum flux for a given energy flux. Simplified propagation equations are obtained by reduction of the Hamiltonian. In particular, the complex electric field reduces to an analytic signal for the unidirectional propagation. Solutions of the full bidirectional model are numerically compared to the predictions of the simplified equation for the analytic signal and to the so-called forward Maxwell equation. The numerics is effectively tested by examining the conservation laws.

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Hamiltonian structure of propagation equations for ultrashort optical pulses. / Amiranashvili, Sh; Demircan, A.
in: Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, Jahrgang 82, Nr. 1, 013812, 13.07.2010.

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