Toward nonlinear magneto-optics: collapse detuning via magnetically adjustable linear and circular birefringences

Katarzyna A. Rutkowska; Yoav Linzon; Boris A. Malomed; Roberto Morandotti

doi:10.1117/12.841541

1 March 2010 Toward nonlinear magneto-optics: collapse detuning via magnetically adjustable linear and circular birefringences

Katarzyna A. Rutkowska, Yoav Linzon, Boris A. Malomed, Roberto Morandotti

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Proceedings Volume 7600, Ultrafast Phenomena in Semiconductors and Nanostructure Materials XIV; 76001M (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.841541
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2010, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

We present the possibility of light beam propagation control in a Kerr nonlinear magneto-optic medium through the efficient management of linear and circular birefringences. We show numerically that the joint birefringences, achieved through the combined use of the Cotton-Mouton and Faraday effects, can effectively accelerate, postpone or even arrest the nonlinear collapse (for a fixed value of the optical power). We also present the experimental observation of collapse tuning in a bulk Yttrium Iron Garnet (YIG) crystal placed in an external magnetic field. The obtained results offer new possibilities towards the use of magneto-optic effects for controlling various nonlinear phenomena.

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Katarzyna A. Rutkowska, Yoav Linzon, Boris A. Malomed, and Roberto Morandotti "Toward nonlinear magneto-optics: collapse detuning via magnetically adjustable linear and circular birefringences", Proc. SPIE 7600, Ultrafast Phenomena in Semiconductors and Nanostructure Materials XIV, 76001M (1 March 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.841541

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