Title :
Nonlinear X-waves: light bullets in normally dispersive media?
Author :
Conti, C. ; Di Trapani, P. ; Trillo, S. ; Valiulis, G. ; Minardi, S. ; Jedrkiewicz, O.
Author_Institution :
Ist. Nazionale di Fisica della Materia, Roma, Italy
Abstract :
Summary form only given. We show that a new type of nondiffracting and nondispersing nonlinear waves exist also for normal group velocity dispersion (GVD). Being the natural eigenmodes of the system, we believe that they are the key to understanding experiments where the diffraction, dispersion, and nonlinear length scales are comparable. Specifically, we consider the usual NLS model which describes the paraxial propagation of pulsed beams in Kerr media. In order to demonstrate the generality of X-waves as space-time localized solutions for normal GVD, we have extended our calculations to second-harmonic generation, where symbiotic two-color X-waves are found.
Keywords :
Schrodinger equation; light diffraction; optical Kerr effect; optical dispersion; spatiotemporal phenomena; Kerr media; diffraction; light bullets; natural eigenmodes; nondiffracting nonlinear waves; nondispersing nonlinear waves; nonlinear X-waves; nonlinear length scales; normal group velocity dispersion; normally dispersive media; paraxial propagation; pulsed beams; second-harmonic generation; space-time localized solutions; spatio-temporal field profile; symbiotic two-color X-waves; Optical Kerr effect; Optical diffraction; Optical propagation in dispersive media; Partial differential equations; Quantum theory;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2002. QELS '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-708-3
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2002.1031177