Mutual manipulation between a dark soliton and an Airy pulse at the optical event horizon

Abstract

A fiber-optical analog of the event horizon is proposed via the collision dynamics between a dark soliton and an Airy pulse for the first time, under the effect of soliton-induced Kerr nonlinear effect. An Airy wave packet is more effective in manipulating the properties of a dark soliton than a Gaussian-like pulse in the regime of the optical event horizon since the Airy-soliton horizon can be regarded as the successively isolated horizon processes. Besides, the initial chirp and attenuation factor are two key regulators of the Airy pulse, which can not only adjust the flatness and width of the output spectrum during the collision process but also modify the properties of the output dark soliton. The interesting dynamic investigated in this work as a process of mutual manipulation can be considered as a promising candidate for frequency conversion and broadband supercontinuum generation, which proves the theory basis for further understanding of the light-by-light controlling in a more controllable manner.