Polarization Shaping for Control of Nonlinear Propagation

被引:93
作者
Bouchard, Frederic [1 ]
Larocque, Hugo [1 ]
Yao, Alison M. [2 ,3 ]
Travis, Christopher [2 ,3 ]
De Leon, Israel [1 ,4 ]
Rubano, Andrea [5 ]
Karimi, Ebrahim [1 ,6 ]
Oppo, Gian-Luca [2 ,3 ]
Boyd, Robert W. [1 ,7 ]
机构
[1] Univ Ottawa, Dept Phys, Max Planck Ctr Extreme & Quantum Photon, 25 Templeton, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada
[2] Univ Strathclyde, SUPA, 107 Rottenrow, Glasgow G4 0NG, Lanark, Scotland
[3] Univ Strathclyde, Dept Phys, 107 Rottenrow, Glasgow G4 0NG, Lanark, Scotland
[4] Tecnol Monterrey, Sch Engn & Sci, Monterrey 64849, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
[5] Univ Naples Federico II, Dipartimento Fis, Complesso Univ Monte St Angelo,Via Cintia, I-80126 Naples, Italy
[6] Inst Adv Studies Basic Sci, Dept Phys, Zanjan 4513766731, Iran
[7] Univ Rochester, Inst Opt, Rochester, NY 14627 USA
基金
加拿大创新基金会;
关键词
ORBITAL ANGULAR-MOMENTUM; OPTICAL SOLITONS; VECTOR SOLITONS; Q-PLATES; BEAMS; SINGULARITIES; MEDIA; MODES; LIGHT;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.233903
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We study the nonlinear optical propagation of two different classes of light beams with space-varying polarization-radially symmetric vector beams and Poincare beams with lemon and star topologies-in a rubidium vapor cell. Unlike Laguerre-Gauss and other types of beams that quickly experience instabilities, we observe that their propagation is not marked by beam breakup while still exhibiting traits such as nonlinear confinement and self-focusing. Our results suggest that, by tailoring the spatial structure of the polarization, the effects of nonlinear propagation can be effectively controlled. These findings provide a novel approach to transport high-power light beams in nonlinear media with controllable distortions to their spatial structure and polarization properties.
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