Title :
Experimental observation of ring dark spatial solitons
Author :
Delgado Macuil, R.J. ; Chavez Cerda, S. ; Iturbe Castillo, M.D.
Author_Institution :
Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica, Opt. y Electron., Puebla, Mexico
Abstract :
Summary form only given. In this paper we show experimentally that ring dark solitons can be generated using a phase disk or an opaque ring. The nonlinear material was a solution of methylene blue in isopropyl alcohol with an optical density of 18 for a wavelength 514 /spl mu/m.
Keywords :
dyes; optical Kerr effect; optical solitons; Kerr nonlinearity; isopropyl alcohol; methylene blue solution; nonlinear material; opaque ring; phase disk; ring dark spatial solitons; Optical Kerr effect; Optical solitons;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2002. QELS '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-708-3
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2002.1031222
