Formation and evolution of far-field diffraction patterns of divergent and convergent Gaussian beams passing through self-focusing and self-defocusing media

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 409-415

  Deng, Luogen ^a   He, Kunna ^a   Zhou, Tiezhong ^a   Li, Chengde ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Additional phase shift; Diffraction pattern; Gaussian beam; Nonlinear medium; Nonlinear optics; Self focusing defocusing; Spatial self phase modulation; Wavefront curvature

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; PHASE SHIFT; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SELF PHASE MODULATION; WAVEFRONTS;

ADDITIONAL PHASE SHIFTS; DIFFRACTION PATTERNS; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; NONLINEAR MEDIUM; SELF-FOCUSING/DEFOCUSING; SPATIAL SELF-PHASE MODULATION; WAVEFRONT CURVATURE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION;

EID: 22844441611     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/7/8/011     Document Type: Article

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