Light bullets in optical tandems
Optics
2015-05-13 v1 Pattern Formation and Solitons
Abstract
We address the concept of three-dimensional light bullet formation in structures where nonlinearity and dispersion are contributed by different materials, including metamaterials, which are used at their best to create suitable conditions where bullets can form. The particular geometry considered here consists of alternating rings made of highly dispersive but weakly nonlinear media and strongly nonlinear but weakly dispersive media. We show that light bullets form for a wide range of parameters.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0903.0955,
title = {Light bullets in optical tandems},
author = {Lluis Torner and Yaroslav V. Kartashov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0903.0955},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
13 pages, 4 figures, to appear in Optics Letters