2012/04/26 by Ido Kaminer, Kaminer, Ido, Mordechai Segev +1
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies #FOS: Physical sciences #Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications #Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall) #Optics (physics.optics) #Photonic and Optical Devices #cond-mat.mes-hall #physics.optics
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1204.5866
published as Opt. Express 20, 18827 (2012) · Submitted to the conference "Nonlinear Photonics 2012" on February 27 2012 (accepted). 2 pages
arxiv created 2012/04/26 · openalex publication_date 2012/04/26 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28 · arxiv updated 2026/08/05
We show that optical nonlinearities allow sub-wavelength beams to propagate in circular trajectories without being attenuated in spite of their partially evanescent spectrum. Such beams are exact solutions to Maxwell's equations with Kerr or saturable nonlinearity.