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Title: Effect of optical activity on propagation of two-dimensional spatial solitons in cubic photorefractive crystals

Abstract

The self-focusing of two-dimensional Gaussian beams in cubic photorefractive optically active crystals of the (1-bar 1-bar 0) cut in the external electric field arbitrarily oriented in the cut plane is theoretically studied. The ranges of orientation of the external electric field are found in which the divergence of the light beam is smaller than the diffraction divergence. The dependences illustrating the existence of two-dimensional spatial solitons in a 15-mm-thick Bi{sub 12}SiO{sub 20} crystal are constructed taking into account the optical activity or neglecting it. The shape of a light beam propagating in the crystal is determined. (nonlinear optical phenomena)

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  1. N K Krupskaya Mozyr State Pedagogical University, Mozyr (Belarus)
  2. Friedrich-Schiller-Universitaet Jena, Jena (Germany)
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OSTI Identifier:
21466639
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Journal Article
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Journal Name: Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.); Journal Volume: 37; Journal Issue: 4; Other Information: DOI: 10.1070/QE2007v037n04ABEH013377
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; CRYSTALS; CUBIC LATTICES; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FOCUSING; OPTICAL ACTIVITY; PHOTON BEAMS; REFRACTION; SOLITONS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; VISIBLE RADIATION; BEAMS; COHERENT SCATTERING; CRYSTAL LATTICES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; QUASI PARTICLES; RADIATIONS; SCATTERING

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Shepelevich, V V, Zagorskii, A E, Kowarschik, R, Kiessling, A, and Matusevich, V. Effect of optical activity on propagation of two-dimensional spatial solitons in cubic photorefractive crystals. United States: N. p., 2007. Web. doi:10.1070/QE2007V037N04ABEH013377.
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Shepelevich, V V, Zagorskii, A E, Kowarschik, R, Kiessling, A, & Matusevich, V. Effect of optical activity on propagation of two-dimensional spatial solitons in cubic photorefractive crystals. United States. doi:10.1070/QE2007V037N04ABEH013377.
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Shepelevich, V V, Zagorskii, A E, Kowarschik, R, Kiessling, A, and Matusevich, V. Mon . "Effect of optical activity on propagation of two-dimensional spatial solitons in cubic photorefractive crystals". United States. doi:10.1070/QE2007V037N04ABEH013377.
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@article{osti_21466639,
title = {Effect of optical activity on propagation of two-dimensional spatial solitons in cubic photorefractive crystals},
author = {Shepelevich, V V and Zagorskii, A E and Kowarschik, R and Kiessling, A and Matusevich, V},
abstractNote = {The self-focusing of two-dimensional Gaussian beams in cubic photorefractive optically active crystals of the (1-bar 1-bar 0) cut in the external electric field arbitrarily oriented in the cut plane is theoretically studied. The ranges of orientation of the external electric field are found in which the divergence of the light beam is smaller than the diffraction divergence. The dependences illustrating the existence of two-dimensional spatial solitons in a 15-mm-thick Bi{sub 12}SiO{sub 20} crystal are constructed taking into account the optical activity or neglecting it. The shape of a light beam propagating in the crystal is determined. (nonlinear optical phenomena)},
doi = {10.1070/QE2007V037N04ABEH013377},
journal = {Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.)},
number = 4,
volume = 37,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Apr 30 00:00:00 EDT 2007},
month = {Mon Apr 30 00:00:00 EDT 2007}
}
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DOI:  10.1070/QE2007V037N04ABEH013377
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