Optical vortex solitons: generation, dynamics, and instabilities

Yuri S. Kivshar; Vladimir Tikhonenko; Jason Christou; Barry Luther-Davies

doi:10.1117/12.379898

23 March 2000 Optical vortex solitons: generation, dynamics, and instabilities

Yuri S. Kivshar, Vladimir Tikhonenko, Jason Christou, Barry Luther-Davies

Proceedings Volume 3928, Nonlinear Materials, Devices, and Applications; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.379898
Event: Symposium on High-Power Lasers and Applications, 2000, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

We analyze the properties of vortex solitons generated in Kerr and non-Kerr nonlinear optical media, including the vortex drift and rotation into a diffracting Gaussian beam. We also present our recent analytical and experimental results on the vortex-induced break-up of a dark-soliton stripe, and discuss a connection of this phenomenon with the well-known Aharonov-Bohm effect in solids.

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Yuri S. Kivshar, Vladimir Tikhonenko, Jason Christou, and Barry Luther-Davies "Optical vortex solitons: generation, dynamics, and instabilities", Proc. SPIE 3928, Nonlinear Materials, Devices, and Applications, (23 March 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.379898

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