Counter-propagating Airy beams in nonlinear media

Noémie Wiersma (1) , Nicolas Marsal (1) , Marc Sciamanna (1) , Delphine Wolfersberger (1)

1 OPTEL - Equipe Optique et électronique pour les télécoms

We numerically study the interactions of two counter-propagating Airy beams in a photorefractive crystal. By varying the Airy beams' properties and the photorefractive coupling strength, soliton-like interactions create new waveguide structures.

Domains: Engineering Sciences [physics]; Optics / Photonic

Noémie Wiersma, Nicolas Marsal, Marc Sciamanna, Delphine Wolfersberger. Counter-propagating Airy beams in nonlinear media. OSA Nonlinear Photonics 2014, Jul 2014, Barcelona, Spain. pp.NM4A.7, ⟨10.1364/NP.2014.NM4A.7⟩. ⟨hal-01060591⟩