Self-focusing of wave packets and envelope shock formation in nonlinear dispersive media
- Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Applied Physics (Russian Federation)
The self-action of three-dimensional wave packets is analyzed analytically and numerically under the conditions of competing diffraction, cubic nonlinearity, and nonlinear dispersion (dependence of group velocity on wave amplitude). A qualitative analysis of pulse evolution is performed by the moment method to find a sufficient condition for self-focusing. Self-action effects in an electromagnetically induced transparency medium (without cubic nonlinearity) are analyzed numerically. It is shown that the self-focusing of a wave packet is accompanied by self-steepening of the longitudinal profile and envelope shock formation. The possibility of envelope shock formation is also demonstrated for self-focusing wave packets propagating in a normally dispersive medium.
- OSTI ID:
- 21067679
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics, Vol. 103, Issue 1; Other Information: DOI: 10.1134/S1063776106070028; Copyright (c) 2006 Nauka/Interperiodica; Article Copyright (c) 2006 Pleiades Publishing, Inc; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1063-7761
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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