Kerr-induced spontaneous Bessel beam formation in the regime of strong two-photon absorption

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 8213-8218

  Faccio, D ^a   Clerici, M ^a   Averchi, A ^a   Jedrkiewicz, O ^a   Tzortzakis, S ^b   Papazoglou, D G ^b,c   Bragheri, F ^d   Tartara, L ^d   Trita, A ^d   Henin, S ^d   Cristiani, I ^d   Couairon, A ^e   Di Trapani, P ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^e CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

^f VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BESSEL FUNCTIONS; FUSED SILICA; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT;

BESSEL BEAM; SELF FOCUSING;

TWO PHOTON PROCESSES;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PHOTON; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOTONS; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 44649197118     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.008213     Document Type: Article

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