Title :
Richtmyer-Meshkov instability in nonlinear optics
Author :
Jia, Shu ; Huntley, Laura I. ; Fleischer, Jason W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate an all-optical Richtmyer-Meshkov instability, in which a shock wave is incident on an intensity interface. Intensity fingering and shear-generated vortices are observed for both 1D and 2D shock-wave impulses.
Keywords :
Acceleration; Dispersion; Electric shock; Fluid dynamics; Hydrodynamics; Nonlinear equations; Nonlinear optics; Optical vortices; Physics; Shock waves;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
