Abstract
We show analytically, numerically, and experimentally that a transversely stable one-dimensional bright Kerr soliton can exist in a 3D bulk medium. The transverse instability of the soliton is completely eliminated if it is made sufficiently incoherent along the transverse dimension. We derive a criterion for the threshold of transverse instability that links the nonlinearity to the largest transverse correlation distance for which the 1D soliton is stable.
- Received 26 June 2000
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.4888
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