Conical refraction and nonlinearity

R. A. Indik; A. C. Newell

doi:10.1364/OE.14.010614

Conical refraction and nonlinearity

R. A. Indik, A. C. Newell

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We study conical refraction in crystals where both diffraction and nonlinearity are present. We develop a new set of evolution equations. We find that nonlinearity induces a modulational instability when it is defocussing as well as focussing. We also examine the evolution of incident beams which contain analytic singularities, and in particular optical vortices, which do not feel the effect of conical refraction.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	10614-10620
Number of pages	7
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	14
Issue number	22
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.14.010614
State	Published - Oct 2006

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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