Self-Focusing of Laser Light and Interaction with Stimulated Scattering Processes
- 23 February 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 24 (8), 352-355
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.24.352
Abstract
The intensity distribution of intense light beams was investigated in liquids. In C the diameter of the beam decreases from 700 to 5 μ when the laser power increases from 10 to 100 kW, in good agreement with theory. It is found that both stimulated Brillouin and backward-traveling stimulated Raman scattering terminate the duration of the self-focusing process.
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