Self-focusing and filamentation of optical vortex beams: Spatio-temporal analysis

Georgi Maleshkov*, Dragomir N. Neshev, Alexander Dreischuh

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    Abstract

    We report numerical simulations supported by experimental observations of self-focusing, fillamentation, and supercontinuum generation by an optical vortex beam in a Kerr nonlinear medium in the regime of dominating nonlinearity. Despite the strong self-focusing resulting in multiple filaments ordered along the vortex ring the optical vortex remains well preserved at the exit of the nonlinear medium and in the far-field. The presented quasi-(3+1)- dimensional numerical simulations under azimuthal initial vortex ring perturbations confirm qualitatively the experimentally observed survival of the optical vortex in the course of the white light generation.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationInternational Conference on Ultrafast and Nonlinear Optics, 2009
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2009
    EventInternational Conference on Ultrafast and Nonlinear Optics, UFNO 2009 - Burgas, Bulgaria
    Duration: 14 Sept 200918 Sept 2009

    Publication series

    NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
    Volume7501
    ISSN (Print)0277-786X

    Conference

    ConferenceInternational Conference on Ultrafast and Nonlinear Optics, UFNO 2009
    Country/TerritoryBulgaria
    CityBurgas
    Period14/09/0918/09/09

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