• DocumentCode
    3005581
  • Title

    Stability of polarization vortices in self-focusing Kerr media

  • Author

    Ishaaya, Amiel A. ; Vuong, Luat T. ; Grow, Taylor D. ; Gaeta, Alexander L.

  • Author_Institution
    Cornell Univ., Ithaca
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We investigate the collapse dynamics and polarization stability of radially and azimuthally polarized vortex beams in Kerr media. The beams break up into distinct collapsing filaments with the initial local polarization distribution being maintained.
  • Keywords
    optical Kerr effect; optical vortices; collapsing filaments; local polarization distribution; polarization vortex stability; self-focusing Kerr media; vortex beams; Laser beams; Optical beams; Optical modulation; Optical polarization; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Phase modulation; Phase noise; Solitons; Stability;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452631
  • Filename
    4452631
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3005581