Instability analysis of Gaussian beam propagation in a nonlinear refractive index medium

• Authors: Chaoying Zhao , Weihan Tan
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this paper, we use a thin filament two dimensional Gaussian beam to model the self-trapping filament. The instability of the propagation of a Gaussian beam through a nonlinear refractive index media is investigated, theoretically and numerically. Specifically, the small scale instability of the beam is examined. The numerical results show that the propagation of the two dimensional Gaussian beam presents one or more nonlinear focal points.

Keywords

EN

instability; propagation property; self-focusing media

Discipline

• 42.60.Mi: Dynamical laser instabilities; noisy laser behavior
• 42.25.Dd: Wave propagation in random media
• 42.65.Jx: Beam trapping, self-focusing and defocusing; self-phase modulation

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Physics
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 903-911

Dates

published

1 - 12 - 2008

online

27 - 9 - 2008

Contributors

author

Chaoying Zhao

• The school of Science, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hang zhou, 310018, PR China

author

Weihan Tan

• Department of Physics, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, PR China

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11534-008-0110-5