Observation of azimuthal modulational instability and formation of patterns of optical solitons in a quadratic nonlinear crystal

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作者
Petrov, DV [1 ]
Torner, L
Martorell, J
Vilaseca, R
Torres, JP
Cojocaru, C
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[1] Univ Politecn Cataluna, Dept Teoria Senyal & Comun, ES-08034 Barcelona, Spain
[2] Univ Politecn Cataluna, Dept Fis & Engn Nucl, ES-08034 Barcelona, Spain
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10.1364/OL.23.001444
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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We report what is believed to be the first experimental demonstration of the azimuthal self-breaking of intense beams containing a vortex phase dislocation into sets of optical spatial solitons in a quadratic nonlinear material. The observations were performed in a KTP crystal. (C) 1998 Optical Society of America.
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