Chaotization and decay instability of a diffraction-catastrophe field in the presence of focusing of high-power laser radiation in a nonlinear medium |
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Authors: | V Yu Osipov |
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Institution: | (1) A. F. Ioffe Physicotechnical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 194021 St. Petersburg, Russia |
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Abstract: | Focusing of a high-power laser beam, whose initial wave front is deformed by spherical aberration and astigmatism, in a medium
with refractive-index nonlinearity is investigated by the computer experiment method. It was found that the extended formations
which arise near the focus are no longer diffraction catastrophes, since they are structurally unstable. It is shown that
weak disturbances of the shape of the initial wave front produce extremely strong distortions of the optical field in the
focusing region. As the wave propagates in the z direction, spatial chaos in the distribution of the optical field develops in the region of focusing (from 137 to 142 mm).
Optical turbulence arises in the focusing region as a result of self-diffraction of light by self-induced nonuniformities
of the refractive index of the medium. After the region with the smallest cross section of the formation near the focus, the
three-dimensional optical field has the form of chaotically dispersing “splashes” and extended “filamentary ejecta.”
Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 68, 74–83 (September 1998) |
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