Hyperbolic shock waves of the optical self-focusing with normal group-velocity dispersion

L. Bergé; K. Germaschewski; R. Grauer; J. Juul Rasmussen

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.153902

Hyperbolic shock waves of the optical self-focusing with normal group-velocity dispersion

L. Bergé, K. Germaschewski, R. Grauer, J. Juul Rasmussen

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The theory of focusing light pulses in Kerr media with normal group-velocity dispersion in (2+1) and (3+1) dimensions is revisited. It is shown that pulse splitting introduced by this dispersion follows from shock fronts that develop along hyperbolas separating the region of transverse self-focusing from the domain of temporal dispersion. Justified by a self-similar approach, this property is confirmed by numerical simulations using an adaptive-mesh refinement code.

Original language	English
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	89
Issue number	15
Pages (from-to)	153902
Number of pages	4
ISSN	0031-9007
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.153902
Publication status	Published - 2002

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Hyperbolic shock waves of the optical self-focusing with normal group-velocity dispersion

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