Optical Beams in Nonlocal Nonlinear Media

• Authors: W. Królikowski , O. Bang , J. Wyller , J. Rasmussen
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

We discuss propagation of optical beams in nonlocal Kerr-like media with the nonlocality of general form. We study the effect of nonlocality on modulational instability of the plane wave fronts, collapse of finite beams and formation of spatial solitons.

Keywords

EN

42.65.Tg; 42.65.Jx

Discipline

• 42.65.Jx: Beam trapping, self-focusing and defocusing; self-phase modulation
• 42.65.Tg: Optical solitons; nonlinear guided waves(for solitons in fibers, see 42.81.Dp)

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2003
• Volume: 103
• Issue: 2-3
• Pages: 133-147

Dates

published

2003-02/03

received

2002-09-05

Contributors

author

W. Królikowski

• Australian Photonics Cooperative Research Centre, Laser Physics Centre, Research School of Physical Science and Engineering, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia

author

O. Bang

• Department of Mathematical Modelling, Technical University Denmark, Building 305/321, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark

author

J. Wyller

• Department of Mathematical Sciences, Agricultural University of Norway, P.O. Box 5065, 1432 As, Norway

author

J. Rasmussen

• Risø National Laboratory, Optics and Fluid Dynamics Department, OFD - 128, P.O. Box 49, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.103.133