Collapse arrest in instantaneous Kerr media via parametric interactions

Alessia Pasquazi*, Marco Peccianti, Matteo Clerici, Claudio Conti, Roberto Morandotti

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Abstract

We demonstrate, theoretically and experimentally, that a four-wave mixing parametric interaction is able to arrest the collapse of a two-dimensional multicolor beam in an instantaneous Kerr medium. We consider two weak idlers interacting via a third order nonlinearity with two pump beams and we show that a class of collapse-free quasisolitary solutions can be experimentally observed in a normal dispersion Kerr glass. This observation is sustained by rigorous theoretical analysis demonstrating the stability of the observed self-trapped beams.

Original languageEnglish
Article number133901
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume113
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 24 Sept 2014

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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