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Modulational instability windows in the nonlinear Schrödinger equation involving higher-order Kerr responses
We introduce a complete analytical and numerical study of the modulational instability process in a system governed by a canonical …
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Self-induced mode mixing of ultraintense lasers in vacuum
We study the effects of the quantum vacuum on the propagation of a Gaussian laser beam in vacuum. By means of a double perturbative …
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Supercontinuum up-conversion via molecular modulation in gas-filled hollow-core PCF
We report on the efficient, tunable, and selective frequency up-conversion of a supercontinuum spectrum via molecular modulation in a …
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Selective excitation of higher order modes in hollow-core PCF via prism-coupling
Prism-coupling through the microstructured cladding is used to selectively excite individual higher order modes in hollow-core photonic …
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Multistability and spontaneous breaking in pulse-shape symmetry in fiber ring cavities
We describe the spatio-temporal evolution of ultrashort pulses propagating in a fiber ring cavity using an extension of the …
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Optimized photonic gauge of extreme high vacuum with Petawatt lasers
One of the latest proposed applications of ultra-intense laser pulses is their possible use to gauge extreme high vacuum by measuring …
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The key role of off-axis singularities in free-space vortex transmutation
We experimentally demonstrate the generation of off-axis phase singularities in a vortex transmutation process induced by the breaking …
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Dynamical generation of interwoven soliton trains by nonlinear emission in binary Bose-Einstein condensates
We propose a method for the generation of trains of alternating bright solitons in two-component Bose-Einstein condensates, using …
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Measuring Extreme Vacuum Pressure with Ultraintense Lasers
We show that extreme vacuum pressures can be measured with current technology by detecting the photons produced by the relativistic …
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Ultrasolitons: Multistability and subcritical power threshold from higher-order Kerr terms
We show that an optical system involving competing higher-order Kerr nonlinearities can support the existence of ultrasolitons, namely …
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