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Abruptly autofocusing waves enter space-time
Nikolaos K. Efremidis, Demetrios N. Christodoulides
Whereas conventional Gaussian focusing gradually concentrates optical energy around the focal plane, abruptly autofocusing waves maintain a low peak intensity over most of their ev…
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Unified framework of optical thermodynamics and optical pressure
Nikolaos K. Efremidis, Huizhong Ren, Demetrios N. Christodoulides
Optical thermodynamics is a newly developed framework that applies principles from statistical mechanics to describe the intricate behavior of weakly nonlinear, multimode photonic…