Experimental observation of the elliptically polarized fundamental vector soliton of isotropic Kerr media
Author(s) -
Michaël Delqué,
Thibaut Sylvestre,
H. Maillotte,
Cyril Cambournac,
Pascal Kockaert,
Marc Haelterman
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
optics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 272
eISSN - 1071-2763
pISSN - 0146-9592
DOI - 10.1364/ol.30.003383
Subject(s) - elliptical polarization , optics , physics , polarization (electrochemistry) , isotropy , soliton , planar , kerr effect , linear polarization , nonlinear system , quantum mechanics , computer science , laser , chemistry , computer graphics (images)
We report the experimental observation of the elliptically polarized fundamental vector soliton of isotropic Kerr media and its unique polarization evolution. This was achieved in the spatial domain in a nonbirefringent CS2 planar waveguide.
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