TY - GEN
T1 - Nonlinear Aharonov-Bohm effect on optical vortices
AU - Kivshar, Yuri
AU - Nepomnyashchy, Alex
AU - Tikhonenko, Vladimir
AU - Christou, Jason
AU - Luther-Davies, Barry
PY - 2000/12
Y1 - 2000/12
N2 - The nonlinear Aharonov-Bohm effect on optical vortices is discussed. The experimental study of the vortex-stripe interaction by use of a cw Ti:sapphire laser and a defocusing nonlinear medium composed of atomic-rubidium vapor was performed. The presence of the vortex induced a phase difference that was proportional to the vortex circulation which led to the asymmetric amplitude modulation.
AB - The nonlinear Aharonov-Bohm effect on optical vortices is discussed. The experimental study of the vortex-stripe interaction by use of a cw Ti:sapphire laser and a defocusing nonlinear medium composed of atomic-rubidium vapor was performed. The presence of the vortex induced a phase difference that was proportional to the vortex circulation which led to the asymmetric amplitude modulation.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0034592028&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1364/OPN.11.12.000029
DO - 10.1364/OPN.11.12.000029
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0034592028
SN - 1047-6938
VL - 11
SP - 29
EP - 30
JO - Optics and Photonics News
JF - Optics and Photonics News
ER -