Dynamics of photon fluid flows driven by optical pistons

Abdelkrim Bendahmane (1) , Gang Xu (1) , Matteo Conforti (1) , Alexandre Kudlinski (1) , Arnaud Mussot (1) , Sefano Trillo (2)

1 PhLAM - Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523
2 Engineering Department [Ferrara]

We investigate the optical analogous of the piston shock problem in gas dynamics. Using fast temporal measurements, we recorded dispersive shock waves formed by the propagation of a bi-chromatic photon fluid along an optical fiber.

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]; Formation de Structures et Solitons [nlin.PS]

Abdelkrim Bendahmane, Gang Xu, Matteo Conforti, Alexandre Kudlinski, Arnaud Mussot, et al.. Dynamics of photon fluid flows driven by optical pistons. CLEO: QELS_Fundamental Science, May 2019, San Jose, United States. pp.FTh3B.5, ⟨10.1364/CLEO_QELS.2019.FTh3B.5⟩. ⟨hal-02392665⟩