Delaying wave field filamentation in focusing Kerr media

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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.

*This work was supported by DTRA HDTRA1-11-1-0037, by NSF PHY-1202162, and by the NNSA SSAA DE274-FG52-08NA28553.

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