%0 Journal Article %1 PhysRevLett.109.243902 %A Ghofraniha, N. %A Gentilini, S. %A Folli, V. %A DelRe, E. %A Conti, C. %D 2012 %I American Physical Society %J Phys. Rev. Lett. %K imported myown %N 24 %P 243902 %R 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.243902 %T Shock Waves in Disordered Media %U http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.243902 %V 109 %X We experimentally investigate the interplay between spatial shock waves and the degree of disorder during nonlinear optical propagation in a thermal defocusing medium. We characterize the way the shock point is affected by the amount of disorder and scales with wave amplitude. Evidence for the existence of a phase diagram in terms of nonlinearity and amount of randomness is reported. The results are in quantitative agreement with a theoretical approach based on the hydrodynamic approximation.

@article{PhysRevLett.109.243902, abstract = {We experimentally investigate the interplay between spatial shock waves and the degree of disorder during nonlinear optical propagation in a thermal defocusing medium. We characterize the way the shock point is affected by the amount of disorder and scales with wave amplitude. Evidence for the existence of a phase diagram in terms of nonlinearity and amount of randomness is reported. The results are in quantitative agreement with a theoretical approach based on the hydrodynamic approximation. }, added-at = {2016-08-08T09:50:00.000+0200}, author = {Ghofraniha, N. and Gentilini, S. and Folli, V. and DelRe, E. and Conti, C.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/271fdf86ead9b1ec4228016b1b3c15920/nonlinearxwaves}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.243902}, eprint = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1210.7604}, interhash = {375da8b18aa57fba33ed8567f5c54b96}, intrahash = {71fdf86ead9b1ec4228016b1b3c15920}, journal = {Phys. Rev. Lett.}, keywords = {imported myown}, month = Dec, number = 24, numpages = {4}, pages = 243902, publisher = {American Physical Society}, timestamp = {2016-08-08T09:54:13.000+0200}, title = {Shock Waves in Disordered Media}, url = {http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.243902}, volume = 109, year = 2012 }