DocumentCode
2265624
Title
Orbital angular momentum Hall effect via multiple-filamentation in nonlinear Kerr Media
Author
Vuong, Luat T. ; Gaeta, Alexander L.
Author_Institution
Sch. of Appl. & Eng. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY
fYear
2008
fDate
4-9 May 2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We demonstrate that the orbital angular momentum Hall effect occurs during multiple-filamentation in Kerr media. Counter-rotating instabilities accumulate different phases and result in the spatial separation of copropagating orthogonal-polarization optical vortices of different helicity.
Keywords
Hall effect; optical Kerr effect; optical rotation; optical vortices; copropagating orthogonal-polarization optical vortices; counter-rotating instabilities; helicity; multiple-filamentation; nonlinear Kerr Media; orbital angular momentum Hall effect; spatial separation; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic wave polarization; Hall effect; Image motion analysis; Nonlinear optics; Optical polarization; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical vortices; Physics; 190.4420 Nonlinear optics, transverse effects in; 190.5940 Self-action effects;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-859-9
Type
conf
Filename
4572768
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