• 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