DocumentCode
521029
Title
Spiral propagation of two collapsing beams
Author
Shim, Bonggu ; Schrauth, Samuel E. ; Gaeta, Alexander L.
Author_Institution
Sch. of Appl. & Eng. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
fYear
2010
fDate
16-21 May 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We investigate spiral propagation of two beams intersecting with a small angle in Kerr media. Through the balance of attractive and centrifugal forces, we observe rotations up to 14° by operating at zero relative phase.
Keywords
Diffraction; Laser beams; Laser modes; Nonlinear optics; Optical propagation; Optical retarders; Optical solitons; Pulse amplifiers; Solids; Spirals;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
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
Type
conf
Filename
5500636
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