• DocumentCode
    3267635
  • Title

    Beam splitting upon weak illumination

  • Author

    Snyder, A.W. ; Buryak, A.V. ; Mitchell, D.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Opt. Sci. Centre, Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    10-13 Nov 1997
  • Firstpage
    265
  • Abstract
    We report on an interesting phenomenon where a self guided beam is surprisingly split into two beams upon weak illumination. The universal character of the observed phenomenon and its possible applications are also discussed
  • Keywords
    optical Kerr effect; optical solitons; observed phenomenon; optical Kerr effect; optical solitons; self guided beam; spatial solitons; weak illumination beam splitting; Diffraction; Fuses; Lighting; Optical beam splitting; Optical saturation; Optical scattering; Optical solitons; Optimized production technology; Physics; Probes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1997. LEOS '97 10th Annual Meeting. Conference Proceedings., IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-3895-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.1997.645411
  • Filename
    645411