Authors
Citation
Dn. Christodoulides et Mi. Carvalho, OPTICAL SHOCK-WAVES IN NONLINEAR DISPERSIVE AMPLIFYING MEDIA, Optics letters, 19(4), 1994, pp. 251-253
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
19
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
251 - 253
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1994)19:4<251:OSINDA>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
We show that optical shock-wave solutions are possible in nonlinear di
spersive amplifying media that exhibit a frequency-dependent gain and
background loss. These shock-wave domains exist at lasing threshold an
d are permitted in both the normal and the anomalous dispersive region
s.