We investigate theoretically the effects of a dynamically increasing medium index on optical-wave propagation in a rubidium condensate. A long pulsed pump laser coupling a D2 line transition produces a rapidly growing internally generated field. This results in a significant optical self-focusing effect and creates a dynamically growing medium index anomaly that propagates ultraslowly with the ...

It is generally believed that an anomaly should be expected over the continent–ocean (C–O) boundary in the global magnetic anomaly maps. However, such maps prepared at satellite altitude do not show an anomaly over most of the C–O boundary. We address this issue by a forward modelling technique. We use a Geographic Information System (GIS) technique to integrate information of the various geolo...

We demonstrate theoretically and experimentally a two-scale architecture able to achieve giant field enhancement by simultaneously exploiting both the Rayleigh anomaly and localized surface plasmon resonance. Metallic oligomers composed of colloidal nanospheres are well-known for the ability to strongly enhance the near-field at their plasmonic resonance. However, due to intrinsic nonlocality o...