Journal article
Self-deflection of Three-dimensional Optical Beams by a Thin Nonlinear Layer with Saturable Dispersive and Absorptive Nonlinearity
Journal of modern optics, Vol.36(6), pp.693-709
06/01/1989
DOI: 10.1080/09500348914550791
Abstract
This paper describes self-deflection effects arising from the propagation of symmetric and asymmetric three-dimensional scalar optical beams through thin nonlinear layers. The model of nonlinearity used includes both saturation and absorption. In several cases, significant differences are observed between the present three-dimensional results and previous two-dimensional results based on the Kerr model of nonlinearity. Also, the existence of a large axial component of the self-deflected beam for a three-dimensional geometry against the absence of this component for a two-dimensional geometry is discussed.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Self-deflection of Three-dimensional Optical Beams by a Thin Nonlinear Layer with Saturable Dispersive and Absorptive Nonlinearity
- Creators
- David R Andersen - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering , The University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of modern optics, Vol.36(6), pp.693-709
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- DOI
- 10.1080/09500348914550791
- ISSN
- 0950-0340
- eISSN
- 1362-3044
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/01/1989
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy; Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9984083867902771
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