NONLINEAR ROTATION OF 3-DIMENSIONAL DARK SPATIAL SOLITONS IN A GAUSSIAN LASER-BEAM

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作者
LUTHERDAVIES, B
POWLES, R
TIKHONENKO, V
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[1] Laser Physics Centre, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
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10.1364/OL.19.001816
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Three-dimensional optical vortex solitons were created when a Gaussian beam containing a pair of off-axis screw dislocations propagated through a self-defocusing medium. We demonstrate rotation of the solitons around the beam axis by 90 degrees as the nonlinearity is increased.
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