Abstract
The observation of self-focusing and self-trapping in potassium lithium tantalate niobate (KLTN) crystals in a very-near-transition paraelectric phase without any external applied field and without any sort of artificial background illumination is reported. This behavior depends only on the temperature T of the sample and is independent on beam intensity and size. Finally, the effect of background illumination in KLTN is studied using a y polarized uniform beam of the same intensity as the focused beam. The presence of a background illumination increases the value of Ib and numerical integration decreases the value of γ at which quasi-soliton like propagation occurs, thus explaining the decreased focusing observed.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 411-413 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| State | Published - 1998 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE Nonlinear Optics Topical Meeting - Princeville, HI, USA Duration: 10 Aug 1998 → 14 Aug 1998 |
Conference
| Conference | Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE Nonlinear Optics Topical Meeting |
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| City | Princeville, HI, USA |
| Period | 10/08/98 → 14/08/98 |