Nonlinear Aharonov-Bohm scattering by optical vortices

dc.contributor.authorNeshev, Dragomir
dc.contributor.authorNepomnyashchy, A
dc.contributor.authorKivshar, Yuri
dc.date.accessioned2009-09-23T02:59:42Zen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-12-20T06:03:29Z
dc.date.available2009-09-23T02:59:42Zen_US
dc.date.available2010-12-20T06:03:29Z
dc.date.issued2001-07-03en_US
dc.date.updated2015-12-10T10:54:45Z
dc.description.abstractWe study linear and nonlinear wave scattering by an optical vortex in a self-defocusing nonlinear Kerr medium. In the linear case, we find a splitting of a plane-wave front at the vortex proportional to its circulation, similar to what occurs in the scattered wave of electrons for the Aharonov-Bohm effect. For larger wave amplitudes, we study analytically and numerically the scattering of a dark-soliton stripe (a nonlinear analog of a small-amplitude wave packet) by a vortex and observe a significant asymmetry of the scattered wave. Subsequently, a wave-front splitting of the scattered wave develops into transverse modulational instability, “unzipping” the stripe into trains of vortices with opposite charges.
dc.format4 pages
dc.identifier.citationPhysical Review Letters 87.4 (2001): 043901/1-4
dc.identifier.issn0031-9007en_US
dc.identifier.issn1079-7114en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10440/914en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://digitalcollections.anu.edu.au/handle/10440/914
dc.publisherAmerican Physical Society
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dc.sourcePhysical Review Letters
dc.source.urihttp://prola.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v87/i4/e043901en_US
dc.subjectKeywords: Computer simulation; Electron scattering; Gas condensates; Mathematical models; Nonlinear equations; Nonlinear optics; Optical Kerr effect; Quantum theory; Solitons; Wave equations; Wavefronts; Aharonov-Bohm scattering; Optical vortices; Wave amplitudes;
dc.titleNonlinear Aharonov-Bohm scattering by optical vortices
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue4
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage4
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage043901
local.contributor.affiliationNeshev, Dragomir, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Non-Linear Physics Centreen_US
local.contributor.affiliationNepomnyashchy, A, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Non-Linear Physics Centreen_US
local.contributor.affiliationKivshar, Yuri S, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Non-Linear Physics Centreen_US
local.contributor.authoruidU4049045en_US
local.contributor.authoruidT141en_US
local.contributor.authoruidU9307695en_US
local.description.refereedYes
local.identifier.absfor020204en_US
local.identifier.ariespublicationMigratedxPub1481en_US
local.identifier.citationvolume87
local.identifier.doi10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.043901
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-0035939416
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu8103816en_US
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_US

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