Virt. J. Ultrafast Sci. / Volume 9 / Issue 8 / PHOTONICS

A dissipative attractor in the spatiotemporal collapse of ultrashort light pulses

Source: Opt. Express 18, 7376 (2010); doi:10.1364/OE.18.007376

Issue Date: August 2010

ABSTRACT

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PACS

42.50.Hz
Strong-field excitation of optical transitions in quantum systems; multiphoton processes; dynamic Stark shift
42.65.-k
Nonlinear optics
42.65.Jx
Beam trapping, optical self-focusing and defocusing
42.65.Re
Ultrafast processes; optical pulse generation and pulse compression
YEAR: 2010

PUBLICATION DATA

ISSN:

1553-9601 (online)

Publisher:

OSA

Miguel A. Porras

Spatiotemporalself-focusing in nonlinear lossy media pushes ultrashort pulses towards auniversal, non-solitary and non-conical light bullet wave state defined bythe medium solely, and characterized by maximum energy losses. Itsstationary propagation relies on a balance between nonlinear losses andthe refuelling effect of self-focusing. No balancing gain is requiredfor stationarity. These purely lossy dissipative light-bullets can explain manyaspects of the filamentary dynamics in nonlinear media with anomalousdispersion. ©2010 Optical Society of America

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A dissipative attractor in the spatiotemporal collapse of ultrashort light pulses

Source: Opt. Express 18, 7376 (2010); doi:10.1364/OE.18.007376