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arxiv: physics/0611025 · v1 · submitted 2006-11-02 · ⚛️ physics.optics

Collapse-driven spatiotemporal dynamics of filament formation

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keywords dynamicsspatiotemporalappearaxialbeamcollapsecollapse-drivenconical
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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.

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