Title :
Light filaments as stationary conical waves with nonlinear losses
Author :
Porras, Miguel A. ; Dubietis, Audriw ; Gaizauskas, Eugeuijus ; Parola, Alberto ; Di Trapani, Paolo
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Fisica Aplicada, Univ. Politecnica de Madrid
Abstract :
Nonlinear absorption imposes stationary waves in Kerr media to be conical. The interpretation of light filaments as stationary, continually refilled Hankel conical waves outclasses the soliton description, and is tested in experiments. Applications are foreseen
Keywords :
light propagation; optical Kerr effect; optical losses; Hankel conical waves; Kerr media; light filaments; nonlinear losses; soliton; stationary conical waves;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-778-4
