COLLISION OF LIGHT-BEAMS WITHIN A NEGATIV E KERR-TYPE MEDIUM

Citation
Ge. Torrescisneros et al., COLLISION OF LIGHT-BEAMS WITHIN A NEGATIV E KERR-TYPE MEDIUM, Revista Mexicana de Fisica, 41(1), 1995, pp. 11-19
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
ISSN journal
0035001X
Volume
41
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
11 - 19
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-001X(1995)41:1<11:COLWAN>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
We study the collision of two light beams within a negative Kerr-type medium, and we find that the beams can cross each other only if a prop er combination of the physical nonlinear parameters, such as the inten sity of the beams and the collision angle, are given. Such a phenomeno n may be associated with some inherent instability of the nonlinear me dium, which appears due to the modulation of the collision pattern. We also give a numerical characterization of the modulation instability in terms of the involved physical parameters.