2006/11/02 by Miguel A. Porras, Porras, Miguel A., Alberto Parola +9
Physics and Astronomy · #Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications #Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics #Quantum chaos and dynamical systems #physics.optics
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.physics/0611025
4 pages, 3 figures
arxiv created 2006/11/02 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
The transition from spatial to spatiotemporal dynamics in Kerr-driven beam collapse is modelled as the instability of the Townes profile. Coupled axial and conical radiation, temporal splitting and X waves appear as the effect of Y-shaped unstable modes, whose growth is experimentally detected.