Title :
Dispersive shock waves with negative pressure
Author :
Wan, Wenjie ; Dylov, Dmitry V. ; Barsi, Christopher ; Fleischer, Jason W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We experimentally observe a spatial optical shock with negative pressure/self-focusing nonlinearity on a partially-spatially-incoherent light. We examine its basic nonlinear properties and observe statistical wave damping.
Keywords :
light coherence; optical dispersion; optical self-focusing; shock waves; statistical analysis; dispersive shock waves; negative pressure; nonlinear properties; partially-spatially-incoherent light; self-focusing nonlinearity; spatial optical shock; statistical wave damping; Damping; Dispersion; Electric shock; Nonlinear equations; Nonlinear optics; Optical beams; Optical modulation; Optical propagation; Plasma waves; Shock waves; (030.1670) Coherent optical effects; (190.4420) Nonlinear optics, transverse effects in;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
