Self-similar optical wave collapse: Observation of the Townes profile

K. D. Moll; Alexander L. Gaeta; Gadi Fibich

Self-similar optical wave collapse: Observation of the Townes profile

K. D. Moll, Alexander L. Gaeta, Gadi Fibich

School of Mathematical Sciences

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	203902
Pages (from-to)	203902/1-203902/4
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	90
Issue number	20
State	Published - 23 May 2003

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