Title :
Self-accelerating beams in quadratic nonlinear media
Author :
Dolev, Ido ; Kaminer, Ido ; Shapira, Asia ; Segev, Mordechai ; Arie, Ady
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. Electron., Tel-Aviv Univ., Tel-Aviv, Israel
Abstract :
We present experimental observations of self-accelerating beams in quadratic media. Joint acceleration in the nonlinear medium, asynchronous intensity peaks of the harmonic waves and self-healing effects on the jointly-accelerating beams are shown.
Keywords :
laser beams; optical harmonic generation; optical self-focusing; asynchronous intensity; harmonic waves; quadratic nonlinear media; self-accelerating beams; self-healing effects; Acceleration; Crystals; Joints; Laser beams; Media; Optical beams; Particle beams;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
