title: Formation of self-trapping waveguides in bulk PMMA media doped with Phenanthrenequinone.
abstract: Experimental and theoretical investigations of light self-trapping waveguides in a bulk polymeric medium based on polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) with photosensitive phenanthrenequinone (PQ)-molecules are examined. Self-channeling was generated for the first time in this nonlinear bulk PQ-PMMA media with a thickness up to several millimeters and 0.1 mol. % PQ-concentration. The experimental formation of volume waveguide structures with a length of 2 - 3 cm at different laser wavelengths (405 nm, 488 nm, and 514.5 nm) was demonstrated. The calculations based on a model for the laser beam propagation in the bulk PQ-PMMA medium with competitive nonlinearities are in a good agreement with the experiments.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tolstik
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Romanov
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Matusevich
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tolstik
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kowarschik