DocumentCode
2084348
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
fYear
2004
fDate
21-21 May 2004
Firstpage
436
Lastpage
437
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-778-4
Type
conf
Filename
1366833
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