• DocumentCode
    499765
  • Title

    Incoherent surface-solitons in effectively- instantaneous nonlinear media

  • Author

    Alfassi, Barak ; Rotschild, Carmel ; Segev, Mordechai

  • Author_Institution
    Phys. Dept., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-4 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We study, theoretically and experimentally, random-phase surface-solitons in instantaneous nonlocal nonlinear media, where the key mechanism for self-trapping is played by the nonlocal nature of the nonlinearity.
  • Keywords
    nonlinear media; optical self-focusing; optical solitons; incoherent surface-soliton; nonlocal nonlinear media; random-phase soliton; self-trapping; Adaptive optics; Geometrical optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical solitons; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Random media; Refractive index; Surface waves; Temperature; (190.6135) Spatial solitons; (240.4350) Nonlinear optics at surfaces;
  • 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
    5225125