• 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