Control of nonlinear collapse in magnetooptical Kerr media

Authors

  • Katarzyna Agnieszka Rutkowska Warsaw University of Technology
  • Yoav Linzon INRS-EMT, University of Quebec
  • Boris A. Malomed Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University
  • Roberto Morandotti INRS-EMT, University of Quebec

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4302/photon.%20lett.%20pl.v1i4.66

Abstract

We demonstrate a novel approach to the control of the collapse of optical beams in Kerr media. To this end, we consider a combination of two magnetooptical (MO) phenomena, the Cotton-Mouton and Faraday effects, in order to introduce a suitable and tunable interplay between the induced linear and circular birefringences. Our numerical analysis confirms that a properly applied external magnetic field may alter the dynamics of the beam propagation in magnetic self-focusing bulk Kerr media. For a chosen value of the optical power, the acceleration, the delay or even the arrest of the collapse can be achieved. We demonstrate experimentally the magnetically-induced acceleration of the collapse in a ferrimagnetic yttrium iron garnet crystal (YIG).

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Author Biography

Katarzyna Agnieszka Rutkowska, Warsaw University of Technology

Faculty of Physics

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2009-12-31

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K. A. Rutkowska, Y. Linzon, B. A. Malomed, and R. Morandotti, “Control of nonlinear collapse in magnetooptical Kerr media”, Photonics Lett. Pol., vol. 1, no. 4, pp. pp. 166–168, Dec. 2009.

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