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Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences Physics

Optical control of vortices in dense media of gas-filled optical fibers

Mikhail Yu. Gubin, A. V. Prokhorov, M. G. Gladush, A. Yu. Leksin, Sergei M Arakelyan

Published Oct 1, 2012• 0 citations
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Abstract

The problem of the formation of optical vortices in a medium composed of three-level atoms is analyzed with allowance for local-field effects in off-resonance Raman regimes of Λ-scheme interaction. The possibility of optical control of the vortex dynamics without disturbing their stability is demonstrated in the optically dense medium of a hollow fiber filled with 87Rb vapor.

DOI
10.3103/s1062873812060160

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