Stable Self-Trapping And Ring Formation In Polydiacetylene Para-Toluene Sulfonate

    Authors

    E. M. Wright; B. L. Lawrence; W. Torruellas;G. Stegeman

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Opt. Lett.

    Keywords

    FOCUSING MEDIUM; WAVE-GUIDE; GLASS; Optics

    Abstract

    Numerical simulations of two-dimensional beam propagation in polydiacetylene para-toluene sulfonate measured values for n(2) > 9 and n(3) < 0, where Delta n = n(2)I + n(3)I(2), predict stable self-trapping and a new phenomenon in which a spatial ring evolves from a Gaussian input beam. We interpret the numerical results theoretically, using the variational model of nonlinear Gaussian beam propagation. (C) 1995 Optical Society of America

    Journal Title

    Optics Letters

    Volume

    20

    Issue/Number

    24

    Publication Date

    1-1-1995

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    2481

    Last Page

    2483

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:A1995TN09100013

    ISSN

    0146-9592

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