TY - JOUR
T1 - Magneto-optical control of light collapse in bulk kerr media
AU - Linzon, Y.
AU - Rutkowska, K. A.
AU - Malomed, B. A.
AU - Morandotti, R.
PY - 2009/8/6
Y1 - 2009/8/6
N2 - The Cotton-Mouton (Voigt) and Faraday effects induce adjustable linear and circular birefringence in optical media with external magnetic fields. We consider these effects as a technique for magneto-optical control of the transmission of bimodal light beams through Kerr-nonlinear crystals. Numerical analysis suggests that a properly applied magnetic field may accelerate, delay, or arrest the collapse of (2+1)D beams. Experimentally, the magnetic collapse acceleration is demonstrated in a bulk yttrium iron garnet (YIG) crystal.
AB - The Cotton-Mouton (Voigt) and Faraday effects induce adjustable linear and circular birefringence in optical media with external magnetic fields. We consider these effects as a technique for magneto-optical control of the transmission of bimodal light beams through Kerr-nonlinear crystals. Numerical analysis suggests that a properly applied magnetic field may accelerate, delay, or arrest the collapse of (2+1)D beams. Experimentally, the magnetic collapse acceleration is demonstrated in a bulk yttrium iron garnet (YIG) crystal.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.053902
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.053902
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AN - SCOPUS:68649106413
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 103
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 5
M1 - 053902
ER -