Propagation of an Intense Light Beam in a Nonlinear Medium
- 15 September 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 173 (3) , 908-917
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.173.908
Abstract
Propagation of an intense light beam in a nonlinear medium with dielectric constant of the form is studied systematically. In particular, the conditions and the characteristic quantities for the filament formation, self-focusing, and trapping of a beam are discussed.
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