Self-guiding light in layered nonlinear media

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作者
Bergé, L
Mezentsev, VK
Rasmussen, JJ
Christiansen, PL
Gaididei, YB
机构
[1] Aston Univ, Photon Res Grp, Birmingham B4 7ET, W Midlands, England
[2] Bogolyubov Inst Theoret Phys, UA-252143 Kiev, Ukraine
[3] Riso Natl Lab, Opt & Fluid Dynam Dept, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark
[4] Danish Tech Univ, Inst Math Modelling, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark
[5] Commissariat Energie Atom, Direct Applicat Mil Ile de France, F-91680 Bruyeres Le Chatel, France
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10.1364/OL.25.001037
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We study the propagation of intense optical beams in layered Kerr media. With appropriate shapes, beams with a power close to the self-focusing threshold are shown to propagate over long distances as quasistationary waveguides in cubic media supporting a periodic nonlinear refractive index. (C) 2000 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: 190.3270, 260.5950, 230.7390, 350.5500.
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页码:1037 / 1039
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