# Propagation of Gaussian beam in strongly nonlocal nonlinear media with inhomogeneous diffraction Source: [Propagation of Gaussian beam in strongly nonlocal nonlinear media with inhomogeneous diffraction]() Collection index: [llms.txt]() Data updated: 2026-03-19T05:00:05.030Z Authors: K L Mamatha, S Stalin, K Nithyanandan Published: 2026-03-16T10:31:16.000Z ## Abstract Solitons in a strongly nonlocal nonlinear medium have attracted considerable attention in recent years due to their unique and distinctive characteristics from those observed in the local nonlinear medium. In this work, we investigate the propagation of a Gaussian beam in strongly nonlocal nonlinear media with spatially varying diffraction. Using analytical and numerical approaches, we examine the propagation dynamics and stability characteristics of the nonlocal soliton. For representative cases of diffraction profiles, our results show that diffraction tailoring strongly influences key beam properties, including amplitude, beam width, phase-front curvature, and phase-space evolution. All diffraction modulation supports the formation of diffraction-managed breather solitons, with excellent agreement between theory and simulations. Furthermore, the modulation instability (MI) studies systematically explored the stability characteristics under various diffraction landscapes. The obtained results demonstrate that by engineering diffraction in such nonlocal media, one can effectively control beam dynamics, thereby opening new possibilities for applications in nonlinear light control, beam shaping, and all-optical system design. ## Recorded benchmark results A research result applies to its stated dataset, split, metric and evaluation configuration. Compare like-for-like settings, preserve the metric's unit and direction, and distinguish paper-reported results from independent reproduction. The best result recorded here is not a claim of exhaustive, current global coverage. ## Original sources and implementation [Original paper]() [PDF]()