Spatial weak-light ring dark solitons in an electromagnetically induced transparency medium

Abstract

By using multiple-scale method，we analytically study the nonlinear dynamical properties of an electromagnetically induced transparency medium with three-level atoms and a strong coupling light field. It is shown that a weak probe light beam can form spatial weak-light dark solitons. When it propagates along axial direction，the dark soliton will transforms into a steady spatial weak-light ring dark soliton，which results from the balance of the interplay between beam diffraction and refractive nonlinearity.