Title :
Beam splitting upon weak illumination
Author :
Snyder, A.W. ; Buryak, A.V. ; Mitchell, D.J.
Author_Institution :
Opt. Sci. Centre, Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia
Abstract :
We report on an interesting phenomenon where a self guided beam is surprisingly split into two beams upon weak illumination. The universal character of the observed phenomenon and its possible applications are also discussed
Keywords :
optical Kerr effect; optical solitons; observed phenomenon; optical Kerr effect; optical solitons; self guided beam; spatial solitons; weak illumination beam splitting; Diffraction; Fuses; Lighting; Optical beam splitting; Optical saturation; Optical scattering; Optical solitons; Optimized production technology; Physics; Probes;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1997. LEOS '97 10th Annual Meeting. Conference Proceedings., IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3895-2
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1997.645411
