Title :
New collapsing solutions of the time-dispersive nonlinear Schrödinger equation
Author :
Gavish, Nir ; Fibich, Gadi ; Vuong, Luat ; Gaeta, Alexander L.
Author_Institution :
School of Mathematical Sciences, Tel Aviv University, 69978, Israel
Abstract :
We show that super-Gaussian pulses with anomalous dispersion collapse with a three-dimensional shell-type profile. These pulses undergo pulse splitting in space and time, and subsequently break into collapsing 3-D wavepackets.
Keywords :
Laser beams; Nonlinear equations; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Physics; Refractive index; Schrodinger equation; Spatiotemporal phenomena;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431449
