• DocumentCode
    547000
  • Title

    Can quadratic solitons self-accelerate?

  • Author

    Kaminer, Ido ; Segev, Mordechai ; Christodoulides, Demetrios N.

  • Author_Institution
    Phys. Dept., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present accelerating self-trapped first- and second-harmonic beams in a phased-matched quadratic process. The acceleration results from the inner structure of the beams, which exhibit unique properties such as asynchronous interference and irregular power distribution.
  • Keywords
    acceleration; optical harmonic generation; optical phase matching; optical solitons; asynchronous interference; beam inner structure; irregular power distribution; phased-matched quadratic process; quadratic solitons; self-acceleration; self-trapped first-harmonic beams; self-trapped second-harmonic beams; Acceleration; Equations; Frequency conversion; Harmonic analysis; Particle beams; Power markets; Solitons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5951310