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Simultaneous propagation of two optical pulses in Kerr type planar waveguides is considered. It is assumed that pulses propagate in different dispersion regimes: anomalous and normal. Such effects as catastrophic self-focusing, spatio-temporal splitting, and a possibility of a formation of soliton-like solutions axe examined. It is discussed whether such a configuration could be used for compression or switching of pulses.
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Pietrzyk, M.E. (2001). Propagation of Short Optical Pulses in Nonlinear Planar Waveguides — Pulse Compression and Soliton-Like Solutions. In: Boardman, A.D., Sukhorukov, A.P. (eds) Soliton-driven Photonics. NATO Science Series, vol 31. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0682-8_27
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