Title :
Control of light collapse in magnetooptical Kerr media
Author :
Rutkowska, Katarzyna A. ; Linzon, Yoav ; Malomed, Boris A. ; Morandotti, Roberto
Author_Institution :
INRS-Energie et Mater., Univ. du Quebec, Varennes, QC, Canada
Abstract :
Theoretical and experimental demonstration of light collapse control in magnetooptical bulk Kerr media is presented. The tunable interplay between magnetically induced birefringences is achieved via a combination of the Cotton-Mouton and Faraday effects.
Keywords :
Faraday effect; Kerr magneto-optical effect; birefringence; magneto-optical effects; Cotton-Mouton effect; Faraday effect; light collapse control; magnetically induced birefringence; magnetooptical Kerr media; Birefringence; Faraday effect; Lighting control; Magnetic fields; Magnetooptic effects; Nonlinear optics; Optical beams; Optical control; Optical propagation; Optical saturation;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Belek-Antalya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3680-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343351
