Counterpropagating optical solitons and vortices in photorefractive crystals Conference Paper

abstract

• Dynamical behavior of counterpropagating (CP) incoherent laser beams in photorefractive crystals is investigated. We perform experimental study displaying rich dynamics of three-dimensional CP optical solitons and formulate theory capable of capturing such dynamics. We find that our numerical simulations qualitatively agree with experimental findings for various CP beam structures. We also study numerically CP vortices in photorefractive crystals, in both space and time. The propagation of more complex CP beam arrangements, such as arrays of vortices, is also considered, and the transition from a few-beam propagation behavior to the transverse pattern formation dynamics is followed.

name of conference

• ICO20: Optical Information Processing

authors

• Belic, Milivoj

published proceedings

• ICO20: OPTICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING, PTS 1 AND 2

author list (cited authors)

• Belic, M., Petrovic, M., Jovic, D., Strinic, A., Arsenovic, D., Schrder, J., Jander, P., & Denz, C.

citation count

• 0

complete list of authors

• Belic, M||Petrovic, M||Jovic, D||Strinic, A||Arsenovic, D||Schröder, J||Jander, P||Denz, C

editor list (cited editors)

• Sheng, Y., Zhuang, S., & Zhang, Y.

publication date

• January 2006

publisher

• SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics  Publisher

published in

• Proceedings of SPIE  Journal

keywords

• Optical Solitons
• Photorefractive Crystals
• Vortices

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1117/12.667694

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 10

• 0-8194-6058-3

start page

• 602701-602701-9

volume

• 6027

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.667694