CONTINUOUS-WAVE LASER-BEAM FANNING IN ORGANIC SOLUTIONS - A NOVEL PHENOMENON

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作者
ABDELDAYEM, H
WITHEROW, WK
SHIELDS, A
PENN, B
FRAZIER, DO
MOGHBEL, M
VENKATESWARLU, P
SEKHAR, PC
GEORGE, MC
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[1] ALABAMA A&M UNIV,DEPT PHYS,NORMAL,AL 35762
[2] UNIV W FLORIDA,DEPT PHYS,PENSACOLA,FL 32514
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10.1364/OL.19.002068
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
If a low-power cw Ar+ laser beam (similar to 50 mW) is sent horizontally and focused on the entrance side of a cuvette containing an absorptive solution, the beam fans into the lower half of the cuvette instead of propagating through and forming self-phase-modulation fringes. We call this phenomenon self-beam fanning, which has been observed in several organic solutions. We present here several experimental results and a descriptive model of the phenomenon.
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页码:2068 / 2070
页数:3
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