| Literature DB >> 17671550 |
A Pasquazi1, S Stivala, G Assanto, J Gonzalo, J Solis, C N Afonso.
Abstract
We demonstrate two-dimensional spatial solitons excited by near-infrared picosecond pulses in Kerr-like heavy metal oxide glasses with a nonlinearity one order of magnitude larger than in fused silica. Solitons were obtained at 820 nm owing to the presence of multiphoton absorption, which prevented catastrophic collapse.Entities:
Year: 2007 PMID: 17671550 DOI: 10.1364/ol.32.002103
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Opt Lett ISSN: 0146-9592 Impact factor: 3.776