Experimental transient self-focusing in Bi12TiO20 crystal

Nicolas Fressengeas (1) , Jean Maufoy (1) , Delphine Wolfersberger (1) , Godefroy Kugel (1)

1 LMOPS - Laboratoire Matériaux Optiques, Photonique et Systèmes

An experimental study of both transient and steady state bi-dimensional photorefractive bright spatial solitons in Bi12TiO20 is presented. The results are compared to previous theoretical work, showing qualitative agreement conceming both the transient and the steady soliton widths.

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Nicolas Fressengeas, Jean Maufoy, Delphine Wolfersberger, Godefroy Kugel. Experimental transient self-focusing in Bi12TiO20 crystal. 3rd European Conference on Applications of Polar Dielectrics (ECAPD-3), Aug 1996, Bled, Slovenia. pp.193-202, ⟨10.1080/00150199708213476⟩. ⟨hal-00256713⟩