EXPERIMENTAL-OBSERVATION OF BEAMS SELF-DEFLECTION APPEARING WITH 2-DIMENSIONAL SPATIAL SOLITON PROPAGATION IN BULK KERR MATERIAL

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BARTHELEMY, A
FROEHLY, C
MANEUF, S
REYNAUD, F
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[1] Institut de Recherche en Communications Optiques et Microondes, Unité Associée au Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique No. 356, Equipe Optique, Limoges Cedex, F-87060
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10.1364/OL.17.000844
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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The observation of two-dimensional optical spatial solitons in three-dimensional Kerr media requires the use of a two-beam interference technique to stabilize the nonlinear propagation. It is shown that as the spatial soliton is self-trapped, the two interfering beams attract each other. This intensity-dependent self-deflection has been applied to the shortening of picosecond laser pulses.
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