Spatiotemporal optical vortices

N Jhajj, I Larkin, EW Rosenthal, S Zahedpour… - Physical Review X, 2016 - APS
We present the first experimental evidence, supported by theory and simulation, of
spatiotemporal optical vortices (STOVs). A STOV is an optical vortex with phase and energy …

Free-space propagation of spatiotemporal optical vortices

SW Hancock, S Zahedpour, A Goffin, HM Milchberg - Optica, 2019 - opg.optica.org
Spatiotemporal optical vortices (STOVs) are a new type of optical orbital angular momentum
(OAM) with optical phase circulation in space–time. In prior work [Phys. Rev. X. 6, 031037 …

Mode structure and orbital angular momentum of spatiotemporal optical vortex pulses

SW Hancock, S Zahedpour, HM Milchberg - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
We identify a class of modal solutions for spatiotemporal optical vortex (STOV)
electromagnetic pulses propagating in dispersive media with orbital angular momentum …

Properties of the generation and propagation of spatiotemporal optical vortices

S Huang, P Wang, X Shen, J Liu - Optics Express, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Spatiotemporal optical vortex (STOV) light is a new type of vortex light with transverse orbital
angular momentum (OAM) which is different from conventional spatial vortex light …

Femtosecond optical vortices in air

A Vincotte, L Bergé - Physical review letters, 2005 - APS
We examine the robustness of ultrashort optical vortices propagating freely in the
atmosphere. We first approximate the stability regions of femtosecond spinning pulses as a …

Propagation dynamics of optical vortices

D Rozas, CT Law, GA Swartzlander - JOSA B, 1997 - opg.optica.org
Optical vortices in linear and nonlinear media may exhibit propagation dynamics similar to
hydrodynamic vortex phenomena. Analytical and numerical methods are used to describe …

Transverse orbital angular momentum of spatiotemporal optical vortices

MA Porras - arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.09105, 2023 - arxiv.org
Spatiotemporal optical vortices (STOVs) are electromagnetic wave packets that transport a
phase line singularity perpendicular to their propagation direction. We address the problem …

Observation of discrete, vortex light bullets

F Eilenberger, K Prater, S Minardi, R Geiss, U Röpke… - Physical Review X, 2013 - APS
We report the first experimental observation of vortex light bullets that are discrete,
spatiotemporal, solitary waves with orbital angular momentum. We analyze conditions for …

Optical vortices and vortex solitons

AS Desyatnikov, YS Kivshar, L Torner - Progress in optics, 2005 - Elsevier
In physics, wave propagation is traditionally analyzed by means of regular solutions of wave
equations. However, solutions of wave equations in two and three dimensions often possess …

Observation of discrete vortex solitons in optically induced photonic lattices

DN Neshev, TJ Alexander, EA Ostrovskaya… - Physical review …, 2004 - APS
We report on the first experimental observation of discrete vortex solitons in two-dimensional
optically induced photonic lattices. We demonstrate strong stabilization of an optical vortex …