Delaying wave field filamentation in focusing Kerr media

POSTER

Abstract

Coherent wave packets can traverse focusing Kerr-like media at powers smaller than the critical power of self-focusing. However, at powers much larger than the critical power, wave packets tend to break into many filaments for times not much exceeding the self-focusing time. This work shows how this filamentation can be significantly delayed by proper randomizing of the wave packet Fourier components.

Authors

  • Vladimir Malkin

    Princeton University

  • N.J. Fisch

    Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, Princeton University, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA, Princeton Plasma Phys Lab, Princeton Plasma Physics Lab