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Self-focusing and diffraction of light in a nonlinear medium
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In this article, the authors studied the effect of nonlinear optical effects on self-focusing beams in the field of self-focus and Parametric Amplification in a nonlinear medium.Abstract:
CONTENTS 1. Introduction 609 2. Geometrical Optics of a Nonlinear Medium (Equations, Focal Points, Nonlinear Aberrations, Nonstationary Processes) 617 3. Wave Optics of a Nonlinear Medium (Diffraction Corrections to the Self-focusing Length, Formation of Proper Optical Waveguide, Nonstationary Processes) 624 4. Nonlinear Optical Effects in the Field of Self-focusing Beams (Stimulated Scattering in Liquids, Experimental Data, Self-focusing and Parametric Amplification) 629 5. Conclusion (Unsolved Problems, Diffraction in Nonlinear Interactions) 632 Cited Literature 634read more
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Wave collapse in physics: principles and applications to light and plasma waves
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P. D. Maker,R. W. Terhune +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the results of a series of experiments in which a giant pulsed ruby laser is used to study several different nonlinear optical effects arising from an induced optical polarization third order in the electric field strength are presented.
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Self-Focusing of Optical Beams
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OPTICALLY‐INDUCED REFRACTIVE INDEX INHOMOGENEITIES IN LiNbO3 AND LiTaO3
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Theory of Pulse Propagation in a Laser Amplifier
Lee M. Frantz,John S. Nodvik +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the growth of a radiation pulse traversing a medium with an inverted population is described by nonlinear, time-dependent photon transport equations, which account for the effect of the radiation on the medium as well as vice versa.