TY - JOUR
T1 - Self-induced mode transformation in nonlocal nonlinear media
AU - Izdebskaya, Yana V.
AU - Desyatnikov, Anton S.
AU - Kivshar, Yuri S.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2013 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2013/9/18
Y1 - 2013/9/18
N2 - We report on the first experimental observation of self-induced optical mode transformations in nonlocal nonlinear media. We show that the quadrupole Hermite-Gaussian mode experiences complex nonlinear dynamics in a nematic liquid crystal, including power-dependent conversion into a radially symmetric Laguerre-Gaussian mode. The physical mechanism responsible for self-induced transformation is the excitation of internal modes of a metastable quadrupole nonlocal soliton and its subsequent transmutation into a robust soliton with a bright peak surrounded by a bright ring. We also observe the onset of transformations of higher-order modes, proving the generic character of this nonlinear phenomenon.
AB - We report on the first experimental observation of self-induced optical mode transformations in nonlocal nonlinear media. We show that the quadrupole Hermite-Gaussian mode experiences complex nonlinear dynamics in a nematic liquid crystal, including power-dependent conversion into a radially symmetric Laguerre-Gaussian mode. The physical mechanism responsible for self-induced transformation is the excitation of internal modes of a metastable quadrupole nonlocal soliton and its subsequent transmutation into a robust soliton with a bright peak surrounded by a bright ring. We also observe the onset of transformations of higher-order modes, proving the generic character of this nonlinear phenomenon.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.123902
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.123902
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84884809630
VL - 111
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
SN - 0031-9007
IS - 12
M1 - 123902
ER -