Abstract
We experimentally demonstrate the possibility of breaking up intense vortex light beams into stable and controllable sets of parametric solitons. We report observations performed in seeded second-harmonic generation, but the scheme can be extended to all parametric processes. The number of generated solitons is shown to be determined by a robust arithmetic rule.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1004-1006 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Optics Letters |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 13 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jul 2001 |
| Externally published | Yes |