Nonlinear Electromagnetic X Waves

C. Conti, S. Trillo, P. Di Trapani, G. Valiulis, A. Piskarskas, O. Jedrkiewicz, and J. Trull
Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 170406 – Published 2 May 2003

Abstract

Nonlinear optical media that are normally dispersive support a new type of localized (nondiffractive and nondispersive) wave packets that are X shaped in space and time and have slower than exponential decay. High-intensity X waves, unlike linear ones, can be formed spontaneously through a trigger mechanism of conical emission, thus playing an important role in experiments.

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  • Received 23 April 2002

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.170406

©2003 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

C. Conti1, S. Trillo1,2, P. Di Trapani3, G. Valiulis4, A. Piskarskas4, O. Jedrkiewicz3, and J. Trull3,*

  • 1Istituto Nazionale di Fisica della Materia (INFM)-RM3, Via della Vasca Navale 84, 00146 Roma, Italy
  • 2Department of Engineering, University of Ferrara, Via Saragat 1, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
  • 3INFM and Department of Chemical, Physical and Mathematical Sciences, University of Insubria, Via Valleggio 11, 22100 Como, Italy
  • 4Department of Quantum Electronics, Vilnius University, Sauletekio Avenue 9, LT-2040 Vilnius, Lithuania

  • *Also at Department Fisica i Enginyeria Nuclear, UPC Terrassa, Spain.

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Vol. 90, Iss. 17 — 2 May 2003

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