posted on 2024-03-09, 17:00authored byRyan Hogan, Giulia Marcucci, Akbar Safari, A. Nicholas Black, Boris Braverman, Jeremy Upham, Robert W. Boyd
Fully describing light propagation in a rotating, anisotropic medium with thermal nonlinearity requires modeling the interplay between nonlinear refraction, birefringence, and the nonlinear group index. Incorporating these factors into a generalized nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation and fitting them to recent experimental results reveals two key relationships: the photon drag effect can have a nonlinear component that is dependent on the motion of the medium, and the temporal dynamics of the moving birefringent nonlinear medium create distorted figure-eight-like transverse trajectories at the output. The beam trajectory can be accurately modelled with a full understanding of the propagation effects. Efficiently modeling these effects and accurately predicting the beam's output position has implications for optimizing applications in velocimetry and beam-steering. Understanding the roles of competitive nonlinearities gives insight into the creation or suppression of nonlinear phenomena like self-action effects.
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