Nonlinear propagation and filamentation of intense Airy beams in transparent media

Arnaud Couairon; Antonio Lotti; Paris Panagiotopoulos; Daryoush Abdollahpour; Daniele Faccio; Dimitris G. Papazoglou; Stelios Tzortzakis

doi:10.1117/12.922476

Nonlinear propagation and filamentation of intense Airy beams in transparent media

Arnaud Couairon, Antonio Lotti, Paris Panagiotopoulos, Daryoush Abdollahpour, Daniele Faccio, Dimitris G. Papazoglou, Stelios Tzortzakis

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We investigate the nonlinear propagation of intense Airy beams forming filaments in transparent media. We demonstrate the existence of stationary nonlinear Airy beams in a planar geometry. These beams preserve the intensity profile and the transverse acceleration of the Airy peak. We show that stationary propagation is sustained by a continuous energy flux to the main Airy lobe from its neighbors. For powers in the main Airy lobe exceeding a certain threshold, this stationary propagation regime becomes unstable. We extend our results to the 2-dimensional case: Airy beams with high powers in the main lobe reshape into a multifilamentary pattern induced by Kerr and multiphoton nonlinearities. The nucleation of new filaments and their interaction, affects the acceleration of the main Airy lobes. Experiments performed in water corroborate the existence of these two regimes.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Nonlinear Optics and Applications VI
Editors	Benjamin J Eggleton, Alexander L Gaeta, Neil G Broderick
Place of Publication	Bellingham
Publisher	SPIE
Number of pages	12
Volume	8434
ISBN (Print)	978-0-8194-9126-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.922476
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	Conference on Nonlinear Optics and Applications VI - Brussels, Belgium Duration: 16 Apr 2012 → 18 Apr 2012

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE
Volume	8434
ISSN (Print)	1996-756X
ISSN (Electronic)	0277-786X

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Conference	Conference on Nonlinear Optics and Applications VI
Country/Territory	Belgium
City	Brussels
Period	16/04/12 → 18/04/12

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Couairon, A., Lotti, A., Panagiotopoulos, P., Abdollahpour, D., Faccio, D., Papazoglou, D. G., & Tzortzakis, S. (2012). Nonlinear propagation and filamentation of intense Airy beams in transparent media. In B. J. Eggleton, A. L. Gaeta, & N. G. Broderick (Eds.), Nonlinear Optics and Applications VI (Vol. 8434). (Proceedings of SPIE; Vol. 8434). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.922476

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Couairon, A, Lotti, A, Panagiotopoulos, P, Abdollahpour, D, Faccio, D, Papazoglou, DG & Tzortzakis, S 2012, Nonlinear propagation and filamentation of intense Airy beams in transparent media. in BJ Eggleton, AL Gaeta & NG Broderick (eds), Nonlinear Optics and Applications VI. vol. 8434, Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 8434, SPIE, Bellingham, Conference on Nonlinear Optics and Applications VI, Brussels, Belgium, 16/04/12. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.922476

Nonlinear propagation and filamentation of intense Airy beams in transparent media. / Couairon, Arnaud; Lotti, Antonio; Panagiotopoulos, Paris et al.
Nonlinear Optics and Applications VI. ed. / Benjamin J Eggleton; Alexander L Gaeta; Neil G Broderick. Vol. 8434 Bellingham: SPIE, 2012. (Proceedings of SPIE; Vol. 8434).

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