Title :
Spatiotemporal dynamics of few-cycle optical pulses in nonlinear media
Author :
Leblond, H. ; Kremer, D. ; Mel´nikov, I.V. ; Mihalache, D.
Author_Institution :
Lab. de Photonique d´´Angers, Univ. d´´Angers, Angers, France
Abstract :
The spatiotemporal dynamics of few-cycle optical pulses in nonlinear Kerr media is studied outside the traditional framework of the SVEA. The pulse interactions, collapse threshold, and light bullets are calculated both analytically and numerically.
Keywords :
nonlinear media; optical Kerr effect; optical pulse generation; spatiotemporal phenomena; SVEA; collapse threshold; few-cycle optical pulses; light bullets; nonlinear Kerr media; pulse interactions; spatiotemporal dynamics; Diffraction; Equations; Mathematical model; Nonlinear optics; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Optical solitons; Pulse propagation and solitons; Ultrafast nonlinear optics;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8940-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHO.2011.6110422
