Abstract
We investigate dispersive shock waves developing via a gradient catastrophe during propagation of a dark beam in Kerr defocusing media, showing that a good degree of control, and even shock suppression, is possible by introducing a suitable phase chirp. Insight into the process is obtained by means of a suitable reduction of the hydrodynamic limit of the governing nonlinear Schrödinger equation.
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