Title
Spatial Ring Emission And Filament Formation In An Optical Fiber With A Saturable Nonlinear Cladding
Abstract
We present numerical simulations of Gaussian beam propagation in an optical fiber with a linear core and a saturable self-focusing cladding. Cylindrical nonlinear waves are emitted from the core into the cladding and are initially localized only in the radial direction, forming rings. These rings can break their cylindrical symmetry through a transverse instability, which yields filaments localized both azimuthally and radially, most of which stay close to the core for long propagation distances. © 1991 Optical Society of America.
Publication Date
3-1-1991
Publication Title
Optics Letters
Volume
16
Issue
5
Number of Pages
291-293
Document Type
Article
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.16.000291
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
84975566469 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84975566469
STARS Citation
Heatley, D. R.; Wright, E. M.; and Stegeman, G. I., "Spatial Ring Emission And Filament Formation In An Optical Fiber With A Saturable Nonlinear Cladding" (1991). Scopus Export 1990s. 1251.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus1990/1251