Published May 1, 2004 | Version v1
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Modulational instability, solitons and beam propagation in spatially nonlocal nonlinear media

Creators

  • 1. Laser Physics Centre, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200 (Australia)
  • 2. Research Center COM, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby (Denmark)
  • 3. Informatics and Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby (Denmark)
  • 4. Nonlinear Physics Group, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200 (Australia)
  • 5. Risoe National Laboratory, Optics and Plasma Research Department, OPL-128, PO Box 49, DK-4000 Roskilde (Denmark)
  • 6. ANU Supercomputer Facility, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200 (Australia)

Description

We present an overview of recent advances in the understanding of optical beams in nonlinear media with a spatially nonlocal nonlinear response. We discuss the impact of nonlocality on the modulational instability of plane waves, the collapse of finite-size beams, and the formation and interaction of spatial solitons

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/1464-4266/6/S288/job4_5_017.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of Optics. B, Quantum and Semiclassical Optics (Print) (ISSN 1464-4266) http://www.iop.org/

Additional details

Identifiers

URL
http://stacks.iop.org/1464-4266/6/S288/job4_5_017.pdf; http://www.iop.org/;
DOI
10.1088/1464-4266/6/5/017;
PII
S1464-4266(04)72475-1;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Optics. B, Quantum and Semiclassical Optics (Print)
Journal Volume
6
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. S288-S294
ISSN
1464-4266

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
35077526
Subject category
S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
Descriptors DEI
BEAMS; INSTABILITY; INTERACTIONS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; SOLITONS; WAVE PROPAGATION
Descriptors DEC
OPTICS; QUASI PARTICLES