COLLAPSE OF OPTICAL PULSES

被引:723
作者
SILBERBERG, Y
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[1] Bellcore, Red Bank, NJ
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10.1364/OL.15.001282
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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Under the combined effect of diffraction, anomalous dispersion, and nonlinear refraction, an optical pulse can collapse simultaneously in time and space. Such a collapse could yield short pulses with extremely large optical fields. Light bullets—pulses that propagate without change in space or time—are also possible. The condition for such a collapse and possible experiments are discussed. © 1990 Optical Society of America.
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