Autofocusing of cylindrical caustics self-generated in a defocusing nonlinear medium

Michael Karpov; Yonatan Sivan; Victor Fleurov; Thibault Congy; Nicolas Pavloff; Shimshon Barad

doi:10.1364/NLO.2015.NF2A.3

Autofocusing of cylindrical caustics self-generated in a defocusing nonlinear medium

Michael Karpov, Yonatan Sivan, Victor Fleurov, Thibault Congy, Nicolas Pavloff, Shimshon Barad

Unit of Photonics and Electro-Optics Engineering

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We describe a simple method for generating an autofocusing, radially-symmetric Airy wave, relying on optical caustics which form in a defocusing, nonlocal thermal nonlinear medium with a cylindrical reflective boundary.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Nonlinear Optics, NLO 2015
Publisher	Optical Society of America (OSA)
ISBN (Print)	9781557520012
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/NLO.2015.NF2A.3
State	Published - 1 Jan 2015
Event	Nonlinear Optics, NLO 2015 - Kauai, United States Duration: 26 Jul 2015 → 31 Jul 2015

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Name	Nonlinear Optics, NLO 2015

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Conference	Nonlinear Optics, NLO 2015
Country/Territory	United States
City	Kauai
Period	26/07/15 → 31/07/15

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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Autofocusing of cylindrical caustics self-generated in a defocusing nonlinear medium

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