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
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