Title :
Observation of optical spatial shock-waves
Author :
Freedman, Barak ; Carmon, Tal ; Segev, Mordechai ; Christodoulides, Demetrios N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Technion, Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
We report the experimental observation of optical spatial shock waves. These shock waves consist of two kink-type wavefronts, which propagate, locked to one another through photorefractive two-wave mixing, and move outside their original sector of propagation.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical retarders; photorefractive effect; shock waves; kink-type wavefronts; optical spatial shock-waves; photorefractive two-wave mixing; Aerodynamics; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical propagation; Photorefractive effect; Photorefractive materials; Physics; Plasma waves; Shock waves; Solid state circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-748-2
