Self-focusing and soliton formation in media with anisotropic nonlocal material response
- 20 November 1996
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Europhysics Letters
- Vol. 36 (6) , 419-424
- https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i1996-00245-y
Abstract
We investigate self-focusing in bulk media with anisotropic nonlocal photorefractive response. Analytical results demonstrate the possibility of the existence of anisotropic soliton solutions. Self-focusing of Gaussian beams and their convergence to elliptically shaped soliton solutions is investigated theoretically and demonstrated experimentally.Keywords
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