Vacuum-induced jitter in spatial solitons
Optics Express, Vol. 3, Issue 5, pp. 171-179 (1998)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.3.000171
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Abstract
We perform a calculation to determine how quantum mechanical fluctuations influence the propagation of a spatial soliton through a nonlinear material. To do so, we derive equations of motion for the linearized operators describing the deviation of the soliton position and transverse momentum from those of a corresponding classical solution to the nonlinear wave equation, and from these equations we determine the quantum uncertainty in the soliton position and transverse momentum. We find that under realistic laboratory conditions the quantum uncertainty in position is several orders of magnitude smaller the classical width of the soliton. This result suggests that the reliability of photonic devices based on spatial solitons is not compromised by quantum fluctuations.
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OCIS Codes
(190.0190) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics
(270.5530) Quantum optics : Pulse propagation and temporal solitons
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History
Original Manuscript: May 5, 1998
Revised Manuscript: May 5, 1998
Published: August 31, 1997
Citation
Elna Nagasako, Robert Boyd, and Girish Saran Agarwal, "Vacuum-induced jitter in spatial solitons," Opt. Express 3, 171-179 (1998)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-3-5-171
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