Title :
Spatial switching with optical vortex solitons
Author :
Law, C.T. ; Swartzlander, G.A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Wisconsin Univ., Milwaukee, WI, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. In self-defocusing Kerr media the effects of nonlinear refraction and diffraction result in stationary filaments inside the light beam. Moreover, these stationary filaments, or vortices, are stable with constant radii and are highly resistant to change. They are called optical vortex solitons (OVS). The OVS is the only known cylindrical soliton in Kerr media. We have demonstrated the propagation of an OVS in the center of a green laser beam in a self-defocusing medium.
Keywords :
laser beams; light diffraction; light refraction; optical Kerr effect; optical solitons; refractive index; stability; vortices; Kerr media; constant radii; cylindrical soliton; green laser beam; light beam; nonlinear diffraction; nonlinear refraction; optical vortex soliton spatial switching; optical vortex solitons; self-defocusing Kerr media; self-defocusing medium; stable; stationary filaments; vortices; Ear; Equations; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Optical fibers; Optical propagation; Optical vortices; Refractive index; Solitons; Stability analysis;
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
