Periodic breakup of optical beams due to self-focusing

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 1973, Pages 628-630

  Campillo, A J ^a   Shapiro, S L ^a   Suydam, B R ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 4243739662     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1654772     Document Type: Article

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1. The details of self-focusing of different diffraction patterns will be reported later. That diffraction is a consideration in self-focusing has been demonstrated by
2. ASTM-NBS Symposium on Damage in Laser Materials
3. It is interesting that the cell shape factor [formula omitted] plays an analogous role in self-focusing of beams of elliptical cross section. See, for example
4. Another interesting question is why a pattern develops with a particular orientation. Ideally this should be random from shot to shot.