• DocumentCode
    2881800
  • Title

    Superfluid-like shock waves in nonlinear optics

  • Author

    Wan, Wenjie ; Fleischer, Jason W.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We experimentally demonstrate superfluid-like optical spatial shock waves. We examine their basic nonlinear properties in both 1D and 2D and demonstrate collisions between two such shocks.
  • Keywords
    Bose-Einstein condensation; laser beams; optical self-focusing; optical solitons; quantum optics; superfluidity; Bose-Einstein condensate; Gaussian beams; laser light; nonlinear optics; optical soliton; self-defocusing medium; superfluid-like optical spatial shock waves; Atom optics; Chaos; Electric shock; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear dynamical systems; Nonlinear optics; Optical propagation; Optical solitons; Physics; Shock waves; (000.1600) Classical and quantum physics; (030.1670) Coherent optical effects; (190.3100) Instabilities and chaos;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628872
  • Filename
    4628872
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2881800