Stabilization of optical vortices in noninstantaneous self-focusing medium by small rotating intensity modulation

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 13689-13694

  Chen, Shiuan Yeh ^a   Lo, Tzu Chun ^a   Shih, Ming Feng ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; STABILIZATION;

AZIMUTHAL INSTABILITY; LIGHT BEAMS; OPTICAL VORTEX PROPAGATING; PERIODIC INTENSITY MODULATION; SELF-FOCUSING MEDIUM;

LIGHT MODULATION;

EID: 35349013133     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.013689     Document Type: Article

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