Mode structure formation length in an inhomogeneous medium

Authors
Petrov, NI
Citation
Ni. Petrov, Mode structure formation length in an inhomogeneous medium, LASER PHYS, 8(6), 1998, pp. 1245-1248
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
LASER PHYSICS
ISSN journal
1054660X → ACNP
Volume
8
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1245 - 1248
Database
ISI
SICI code
1054-660X(199811/12)8:6<1245:MSFLIA>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Exact analytical expressions for the trajectory and width of nonparaxial wa ve beams propagating in a graded-index inhomogeneous medium are obtained. B oundaries of applicability of the ray description and formation of mode str ucture are determined.