Accessing and manipulating dispersive shock waves in a nonlinear and nonlocal Rydberg medium
Accessing and manipulating dispersive shock waves in a nonlinear and nonlocal Rydberg medium
Dispersive shock waves (DSWs) are fascinating wave phenomena occurring in media when nonlinearity overwhelms dispersion (or diffraction). Creating DSWs with low generation power and realizing their active controls is desirable but remains a longstanding challenge. Here, we propose a scheme to generate weak-light DSWs and realize their manipulations in an …