Self-trapping of bright rings

被引:21
作者
Anastassiou, C [1 ]
Pigier, C
Segev, M
Kip, D
Eugenieva, ED
Christodoulides, DN
机构
[1] Technion Israel Inst Technol, Dept Phys, IL-32000 Haifa, Israel
[2] Technion Israel Inst Technol, Inst Solid State, IL-32000 Haifa, Israel
[3] Princeton Univ, Dept Elect Engn, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
[4] Technion Israel Inst Technol, Dept Math, IL-32000 Haifa, Israel
[5] Princeton Univ, Dept Elect Engn, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
[6] Univ Osnabruck, Dept Phys, D-4500 Osnabruck, Germany
[7] Lehigh Univ, Dept Elect Engn, Bethlehem, PA 18015 USA
[8] Lehigh Univ, Dept Comp Sci, Bethlehem, PA 18015 USA
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D O I
10.1364/OL.26.000911
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We present experimental observations of self-trapped rings carrying zero topological charge, along with simulations that display the self-focusing dynamics of the rings and their stability features in materials with saturable nonlinearities. (C) 2001 Optical Society of America
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页码:911 / 913
页数:3
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