• DocumentCode
    412207
  • 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
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    6-6 June 2003
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-748-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1298358
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=412207