@article{f7f0bb919ecf4922806c1f6de9646bfb,
title = "Self-similar optical wave collapse: Observation of the Townes profile",
abstract = "An overview is given of detailed experimental observations of the universal, self-similar nature of optical wave collapse due to Kerr nonlinearity self-focusing for randomly distorted and elliptical beams. The observations reveal that the spatial profile evolves to a specific circularly symmetric shape, known as the Townes profile, for elliptically shaped or randomly distorted input beams.",
author = "Moll, \{K. D.\} and Gaeta, \{Alexander L.\} and Gadi Fibich",
note = "Funding Information: This research is supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. PHY-9987990 and the United States–Israel Binational Science Foundation under Grant No. 2000311.",
year = "2003",
month = may,
day = "23",
language = "אנגלית",
volume = "90",
pages = "203902/1--203902/4",
journal = "Physical Review Letters",
issn = "0031-9007",
publisher = "American Physical Society",
number = "20",
}