Stable self-trapping and ring formation in polydiacetylene para-toluene sulfonate

Brian L. Lawrence; William E. Torruellas; George I. Stegeman; Ewan M. Wright

Stable self-trapping and ring formation in polydiacetylene para-toluene sulfonate

Brian L. Lawrence, William E. Torruellas, George I. Stegeman, Ewan M. Wright

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This paper reports numerical simulations of beam propagation in polydiacetylene para-toluene sulfonate (PTS), using measured values for n₂ and n₃, and demonstrates stable self-trapping and a new phenomenon in which a Gaussian input beam evolves into an expanding spatial ring and interprets these results in the context of the variational model of nonlinear Gaussian beam propagation. It also shows preliminary experimental results suggesting the presence of ring formation.

Original language	English (US)
Pages	109-110
Number of pages	2
State	Published - 1996
Externally published	Yes
Event	Proceedings of the 1996 6th Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, QELS - Anaheim, CA, USA Duration: Jun 2 1996 → Jun 7 1996

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Other	Proceedings of the 1996 6th Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, QELS
City	Anaheim, CA, USA
Period	6/2/96 → 6/7/96

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General Physics and Astronomy

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