Title

Observation of locked optical kink-antikink spatial shock waves

Authors

Authors

B. Freedman; T. Carmon; M. I. Carvalho; M. Segev;D. N. Christodoulides

Abbreviated Journal Title

Phys. Rev. Lett.

Keywords

NONLINEAR MEDIA; SOLITONS; FIBERS; PULSES; Physics, Multidisciplinary

Abstract

We report the first experimental observation of optical spatial shock-wave pairs. The shock waves consist of two coupled kink and antikink beams that remain locked to each other throughout propagation in a nonlinear diffusion-driven photorefractive crystal. These coupled shock-wave pairs move undistorted at angles that fall outside their original angular sector of propagation.

Journal Title

Physical Review Letters

Volume

91

Issue/Number

13

Publication Date

1-1-2003

Document Type

Article

DOI Link

http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.133902

Language

English

First Page

4

WOS Identifier

WOS:000185573700017

ISSN

0031-9007

Recommended Citation

"Observation of locked optical kink-antikink spatial shock waves" (2003). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 3759.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000/3759