Evidence of Chaotic Dynamics in Three-Soliton Collisions
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Ludovica Falsi; Feifei Xin; Eugenio DelRe; Aharon J. Agranat; Fabrizio Di Mei; Davide Pierangeli; Claudio Conti
- Source
- Physical review letters
127 (2021): 133901-1–133901-6. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.133901
info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Xin F.; Di Mei F.; Falsi L.; Pierangeli D.; Conti C.; Agranat A.J.; DelRe E./titolo:Evidence of Chaotic Dynamics in Three-Soliton Collisions/doi:10.1103%2FPhysRevLett.127.133901/rivista:Physical review letters (Print)/anno:2021/pagina_da:133901-1/pagina_a:133901-6/intervallo_pagine:133901-1–133901-6/volume:127
Physical Review Letters
- Subject
- Physics
haotic dynamics
Chaotics
Coherent interaction
Energy exchanges
Energy-transfer
Extreme waves
Nonreciprocal
Optical
Soliton collisions
Three body
Annihilation
chaos
Dynamics (mechanics)
nonlinear optics
Chaotic
General Physics and Astronomy
Physics::Optics
solitons
photorefractive solitons
Collision
Nonlinear system
symbols.namesake
Classical mechanics
Nonlinear Sciences::Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems
symbols
Soliton
Rogue wave
Nonlinear Sciences::Pattern Formation and Solitons
Raman scattering
- Language
- ISSN
- 1079-7114
We observe chaotic optical wave dynamics characterized by erratic energy transfer and soliton annihilation and creation in the aftermath of a three-soliton collision in a photorefractive crystal. Irregular dynamics are found to be mediated by the nonlinear Raman effect, a coherent interaction that leads to nonreciprocal soliton energy exchange. Results extend the analogy between solitons and particles to the emergence of chaos in three-body physics and provide new insight into the origin of the irregular dynamics that accompany extreme and rogue waves.