Title :
Self-focusing and 2D spatial solitons in PTS
Author :
Torruellas, W. ; Lawrence, B. ; Stegeman, G.I.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Central Florida Univ., Orlando, FL, USA
fDate :
10/24/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors show experimentally that spatial solitons with two transverse dimensions can be generated to 1600 nm in bulk polydiacetylene paratoluene-sulfonate (PTS) by a combination of third and fifth order nonlinearities
Keywords :
optical polymers; optical self-focusing; optical solitons; 1 kW; 1600 nm; 2D spatial solitons; bulk single crystals; fifth order nonlinearities; polydiacetylene paratoluene-sulphonate; self-focusing; third order nonlinearities;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19961400
