Collapse and stability of necklace beams in Kerr media

Taylor D. Grow; Amiel A. Ishaaya; Luat T. Vuong; Alexander L. Gaeta

doi:10.1364/NLO.2007.TuC6

Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals and Applications
OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2007),
paper TuC6
•https://doi.org/10.1364/NLO.2007.TuC6

Collapse and stability of necklace beams in Kerr media

Taylor D. Grow, Amiel A. Ishaaya, Luat T. Vuong, and Alexander L. Gaeta

Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals and Applications 2007

Kona, Hawaii United States
ISBN: 1-55752-843-8

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T. D. Grow, A. A. Ishaaya, L. T. Vuong, and A. L. Gaeta, "Collapse and stability of necklace beams in Kerr media," in Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals and Applications, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2007), paper TuC6.

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Abstract

We experimentally investigate necklace beams in Kerr media. For powers greater than one critical power for self-focusing per bead, we observe a transition from collective behavior to independent collapse of each of the beads.

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