Title :
Spatiotemporal nonlinear optics in multimode fibers
Author :
Wright, Logan G. ; Christodoulides, Demetrios N. ; Wise, Frank W.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Appl. & Eng. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
We study nonlinear pulse propagation of high-energy ultrashort pulses in graded-index multimode fibers. By adjusting initial conditions, we observe and control a wide range of nonlinear effects including spatiotemporal effects resembling self-focusing and multiple filamentation.
Keywords :
gradient index optics; high-speed optical techniques; optical control; optical fibre testing; optical self-focusing; spatiotemporal phenomena; graded-index multimode fibers; high-energy ultrashort pulse propagation; multiple filamentation; optical control; optical self-focusing; spatiotemporal nonlinear optics; spatiotemporal nonlinear pulse propagation; Dispersion; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical solitons; Spatiotemporal phenomena;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
