INDUCED SPATIAL INCOHERENCE AND NONLINEAR EFFECTS IN ND-GLASS AMPLIFIERS

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作者
DONNAT, P [1 ]
GOUEDARD, C [1 ]
VERON, D [1 ]
BONVILLE, O [1 ]
SAUTERET, C [1 ]
MIGUS, A [1 ]
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[1] ECOLE POLYTECH,ECOLE NATL SUPER TECHN AVANCEES,OPT APPL LAB,CNRS,U1406,F-91120 PALAISEAU,FRANCE
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10.1364/OL.17.000331
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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We develop a model of nonlinear propagation of spatially incoherent beams to simulate recent experiments on Nd:glass amplifiers. It is shown that nonlinear losses when accompanied by an intensity-dependent index are enhanced in the case of incoherent light, and they lower the observed saturation intensity.
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