DocumentCode
499506
Title
Dispersive shock waves with negative pressure
Author
Wan, Wenjie ; Dylov, Dmitry V. ; Barsi, Christopher ; Fleischer, Jason W.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ, USA
fYear
2009
fDate
2-4 June 2009
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We experimentally observe a spatial optical shock with negative pressure/self-focusing nonlinearity on a partially-spatially-incoherent light. We examine its basic nonlinear properties and observe statistical wave damping.
Keywords
light coherence; optical dispersion; optical self-focusing; shock waves; statistical analysis; dispersive shock waves; negative pressure; nonlinear properties; partially-spatially-incoherent light; self-focusing nonlinearity; spatial optical shock; statistical wave damping; Damping; Dispersion; Electric shock; Nonlinear equations; Nonlinear optics; Optical beams; Optical modulation; Optical propagation; Plasma waves; Shock waves; (030.1670) Coherent optical effects; (190.4420) Nonlinear optics, transverse effects in;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-869-8
Type
conf
Filename
5224591
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