Critical power of collapsing vortices
Optics
2009-11-13 v1
Abstract
We calculate the critical power for collapse of linearly-polarized phase vortices, and show that this expression is more accurate than previous results. Unlike the non-vortex case, deviations from radial symmetry do not increase the critical power for collapse, but rather lead to disintegration into collapsing non-vortex filaments. The cases of circular, radial and azimuthal polarizations are also considered.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0803.2933,
title = {Critical power of collapsing vortices},
author = {Gadi Fibich and Nir Gavish},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0803.2933},
year = {2009}
}