BEAM SPLITTING ON WEAK ILLUMINATION

Authors
SNYDER AW BURYAK AV MITCHELL DJ
Citation
Aw. Snyder et al., BEAM SPLITTING ON WEAK ILLUMINATION, Optics letters, 23(1), 1998, pp. 4-6
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
23
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
4 - 6
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1998)23:1<4:BSOWI>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
We demonstrate, in both two and three dimensions, how a self-guided be am in a non-Kerr medium is split into two beams on weak illumination. We also provide an elegant physical explanation that predicts the univ ersal character of the observed phenomenon. Possible applications of o ur findings to guiding light with light are also discussed. (C) 1998 O ptical Society of America.