PROFILE OF RADIAL INHOMOGENEITY FOR STATIONARY SELF-TRAPPED PROPAGATION OF LASER-BEAMS IN A NONLINEAR ABSORBING AMPLIFYING MEDIUM WITH ARBITRARY NONLINEARITY/

Citation
S. Medhekar et Konar S",rajkamal, PROFILE OF RADIAL INHOMOGENEITY FOR STATIONARY SELF-TRAPPED PROPAGATION OF LASER-BEAMS IN A NONLINEAR ABSORBING AMPLIFYING MEDIUM WITH ARBITRARY NONLINEARITY/, Nuovo cimento della Societa italiana di fisica. D, Condensed matter,atomic, molecular and chemical physics, biophysics, 17(4), 1995, pp. 351-356
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
ISSN journal
03926737
Volume
17
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
351 - 356
Database
ISI
SICI code
0392-6737(1995)17:4<351:PORIFS>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
This paper presents an analysis of stationary self-trapped propagation of a Gaussian laser beam in radially inhomogeneous absorbing/amplifyi ng medium with saturating non-linearity. Using the paraxial theory, th e profile of radial inhomogeneity corresponding to stationary self-tra pped propagation has been evaluated.