Title :
Stationary optical clusters in nonlinear media
Author :
Desyatnikov, Anton S. ; Sukhorukov, Andrey A. ; Kivshar, Yuri S.
Author_Institution :
Nonlinear Phys. Centre, Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia
Abstract :
We predict the existence of azimuthally modulated self-trapped beams carrying an angular momentum. Such beams can be viewed as the generalization of soliton clusters, and they may possess positive, negative, or even zero rotation velocity.
Keywords :
nonlinear media; optical modulation; optical self-focusing; optical solitons; angular momentum; azimuthal modulation; nonlinear media; rotation velocity; self-trapped beams; soliton clusters; stationary optical clusters; Angular velocity; Diffraction; Nonlinear optics; Numerical simulation; Optical modulation; Optical solitons; Optical vortices; Optimized production technology; Phased arrays; Physics;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2005. EQEC '05. European
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8973-5
DOI :
10.1109/EQEC.2005.1567220
