Three-dimensional light bullets

S. Minardi; F. Eilenberger; Y. V. Kartashov; A. Szameit; U. Röpke; J. Kobelke; K. Schuster; H. Bartelt; S. Nolte; L. Torner; F. Lederer; A. Tünnermann; T. Pertsch

doi:10.1117/12.912605

15 February 2012 Three-dimensional light bullets

S. Minardi, F. Eilenberger, Y. V. Kartashov, A. Szameit, U. Röpke, J. Kobelke, K. Schuster, H. Bartelt, S. Nolte, L. Torner, F. Lederer, A. Tünnermann, T. Pertsch

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Proceedings Volume 8240, Nonlinear Frequency Generation and Conversion: Materials, Devices, and Applications XI; 82400P (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.912605
Event: SPIE LASE, 2012, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Three dimensional Light Bullets (3D-LBs) are the most symmetric solitary waves, being nonlinear optical wavepackets propagating without diffraction nor dispersion. Since their theoretical prediction, 3D-LB's have constituted a challenge in nonlinear science, due to the impossibility to avoid catastrophic collapse in conventional homogeneous nonlinear media. We have recently observed stable 3D-LBs in media with periodically modulated transverse refractive index profile. We found that higher order linear and nonlinear effects force the 3D-LBs to evolve along their propagation path and eventually decay. The evolution and decay mechanism entails spatiotemporal effects, which under certain conditions, leads to superluminally propagating wavepackets.

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S. Minardi, F. Eilenberger, Y. V. Kartashov, A. Szameit, U. Röpke, J. Kobelke, K. Schuster, H. Bartelt, S. Nolte, L. Torner, F. Lederer, A. Tünnermann, and T. Pertsch "Three-dimensional light bullets", Proc. SPIE 8240, Nonlinear Frequency Generation and Conversion: Materials, Devices, and Applications XI, 82400P (15 February 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.912605

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