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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Self-trapping of speckled light beams

Antonio Picozzi

subject

Physicsbusiness.industryPhysics::OpticsTrapping01 natural sciencesAtomic and Molecular Physics and OpticsElectronic Optical and Magnetic Materialslaw.invention010309 opticsNonlinear systemSpeckle patternComputer Science::GraphicsOpticslaw0103 physical sciencesThermalPhysics::Accelerator PhysicsLight beamOptoelectronics010306 general physicsbusinessWaveguideBeam (structure)ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS

description

A speckle beam of light breaks up into small fragments as it propagates in a standard self-focusing nonlinear material. Now, by exploiting the non-local thermal response of a material, it is possible to trap a speckle beam in a self-induced waveguide.

https://hal.science/hal-00449122