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

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

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Abstract

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 languageEnglish
Pagespaper NF2A.3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 26 Jul 2015
Externally publishedYes
EventNonlinear Optics, NLO 2015 - Kauai, United States
Duration: 26 Jul 201531 Jul 2015

Conference

ConferenceNonlinear Optics, NLO 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityKauai
Period26/07/1531/07/15

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