Title :
The hunt for light bullets and the spontaneous X waves in nonlinear optics
Author :
Di Trapani, Paolo ; Jedrkiewicz, Ottavia ; Trull, Jose ; Valiulis, G. ; Piskarskas, A. ; Trillo, S. ; Conti, C.
Author_Institution :
INFM, Como, Italy
Abstract :
X waves, known in linear optics, acoustic and microwave physics for their unique non-dispersive and non-diffracting features, appear as the normal propagation mode of a wide class of nonlinear systems.
Keywords :
optical Kerr effect; optical dispersion; Kerr nonlinearity; group velocity dispersion; light bullets; nonlinear optics; nonlinear systems; normal propagation mode; spontaneous X waves; Acoustic propagation; Acoustic waves; Electron traps; Microwave propagation; Nonlinear acoustics; Nonlinear optics; Nonlinear systems; Optical propagation; Physics;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2003. EQEC '03. European
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7733-8
DOI :
10.1109/EQEC.2003.1314045
