Title :
Self-accelerating optical beams in nonlocal nonlinear media
Author :
Bekenstein, Rivka ; Schley, Ran ; Segev, Mordechai
Author_Institution :
Phys. Dept., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
We find self-accelerating beams in nonlocal nonlinear media and show that their propagation dynamics is affected by boundary conditions that increase their acceleration, or cause bending in a direction opposite to the initial trajectory.
Keywords :
light propagation; nonlinear optics; boundary conditions; nonlocal nonlinear media; propagation dynamics; self-accelerating optical beams; Acceleration; Boundary conditions; Laser beams; Media; Optical beams; Particle beams; Trajectory;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
