Self-trapping of partially spatially incoherent light

被引：383

作者：

Mitchell, M

Chen, ZG

Shih, MF

Segev, M

机构：

[1] PRINCETON UNIV,CTR PHOTON & OPTOELECT MAT,PRINCETON,NJ 08544

[2] PRINCETON UNIV,PRINCETON MAT INST,PRINCETON,NJ 08544

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 1996年 / 77卷 / 03期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.490

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We report the first observation of self-trapping of a spatially incoherent optical beam in a nonlinear medium. Self-trapping occurs in both transverse dimensions, when diffraction is exactly balanced by photorefractive self-focusing.

引用

页码：490 / 493

页数：4

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