Nonlinear optical catastrophe from a smooth initial beam
- 1 September 1999
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 24 (17) , 1224-1226
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.24.001224
Abstract
We observed an optical cusp diffraction catastrophe with an initially smooth but elongated Gaussian beam with an aspect ratio of 2:1. Nonlinear and linear diffraction regimes account for the near-field elliptical annulus and the far-field spatially complex astroid.Keywords
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