DocumentCode
520971
Title
Richtmyer-Meshkov instability in nonlinear optics
Author
Jia, Shu ; Huntley, Laura I. ; Fleischer, Jason W.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ, USA
fYear
2010
fDate
16-21 May 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We experimentally demonstrate an all-optical Richtmyer-Meshkov instability, in which a shock wave is incident on an intensity interface. Intensity fingering and shear-generated vortices are observed for both 1D and 2D shock-wave impulses.
Keywords
Acceleration; Dispersion; Electric shock; Fluid dynamics; Hydrodynamics; Nonlinear equations; Nonlinear optics; Optical vortices; Physics; Shock waves;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-890-2
Type
conf
Filename
5500575
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