Optical spatial shock waves in photorefractive media

A. G. Grandpierre; D. N. Christodoulides; M. I. Carvalho; M. Segev

doi:10.1364/NLGW.2001.MC26

Nonlinear Guided Waves and Their Applications
2001 OSA Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 2001),
paper MC26
•https://doi.org/10.1364/NLGW.2001.MC26

Optical spatial shock waves in photorefractive media

A. G. Grandpierre, D. N. Christodoulides, M. I. Carvalho, and M. Segev

Nonlinear Guided Waves and Their Applications 2001

Clearwater, Florida United States
ISBN: 1-55752-670-2

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A. G. Grandpierre, D. N. Christodoulides, M. I. Carvalho, and M. Segev, "Optical spatial shock waves in photorefractive media," in Nonlinear Guided Waves and Their Applications, 2001 OSA Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 2001), paper MC26.

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Abstract

We show that the evolution equations describing the two-wave mixing interaction between two co-directional optical beams in photorefractive media can allow spatial shock-wave solutions. The properties of this new family of kink-type wave fronts are described in detail.

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