Observation of Two-Dimensional Spatial Solitary Waves in a Quadratic Medium

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https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0269-8433

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1995-06-19

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Torruellas, William E., Zuo Wang, David J. Hagan, Eric W. VanStryland, George I. Stegeman, Lluís Torner, and Curtis R. Menyuk. “Observation of Two-Dimensional Spatial Solitary Waves in a Quadratic Medium.” Physical Review Letters 74, no. 25 (June 19, 1995): 5036–39. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.5036.

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UMBC Optical Fiber Communications Laboratory
UMBC High Performance Computing Facility (HPCF)
second-harmonic fields
spatial solitary
second order nonlinear optical material
two-dimensional

Abstract

We report the first experimental demonstration of two-dimensional spatial solitary waves in second-order nonlinear optical material. When an intense optical beam is focused into a phase-matchable second-order nonlinear material, the fundamental and generated second-harmonic fields are mutually trapped as a result of the strong nonlinear coupling which counteracts both diffraction and beam walkoff.