Optical solitons carrying orbital angular momentum

被引：309

作者：

Firth, WJ

Skryabin, DV

机构：

[1] Department of Physics and Applied Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G4 0NG, John Anderson Building

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 1997年 / 79卷 / 13期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.2450

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We predict a new kind of ring-profile solitary wave in nonlinear optical media, with finite orbital angular momentum. During propagation these fragment into fundamental solitons. Like free Newtonian particles, these Ay off tangential to the ring, vividly demonstrating conservation of orbital angular momentum in soliton motion.

引用

页码：2450 / 2453

页数：4

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