Optical bullet holes

Author

Firth, W.J. ; Scroggie, A.J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys. & Appl. Phys., Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow, UK

fYear

1996

fDate

7-7 June 1996

Firstpage

108

Lastpage

109

Abstract

Summary form only given. Stable two-dimensional spatial solitons are among the most interesting spatiotemporal structures in nonlinear optics. If robust they could act as "bits" for parallel information storage and processing. Here we present analytic and numerical evidence for the existence of stable 2D localized states in a driven optical cavity containing a saturable absorber. In transmission these would appear as transparent disks on an absorbing background, formed by aiming a short pulse of light at the target location: hence our term "optical bullet holes" (OBH).

Keywords

Schrodinger equation; optical computing; optical resonators; optical saturable absorption; optical solitons; optical storage; parallel processing; stability; absorbing background; driven optical cavity; nonlinear optics; optical bullet holes; parallel information storage; parallel processing; saturable absorber; short pulse; spatiotemporal structures; stable 2D localized states; stable 2D spatial solitons; target location; transparent disks; Absorption; Chirp; Magnetic fields; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Physics; Polarization; Superconducting magnets; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 1996. QELS '96., Summaries of Papers Presented at the

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-444-0

Type

conf

Filename

865632