EXTERNAL SELF-FOCUSING IN A 2-LENS SYSTEM - SHIFT AND COMPRESSION OF THE FOCAL PROFILE

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作者
HERMANN, JA
CHAPPLE, PB
机构
[1] Surveillance Research Laboratory, Defence Science and Technology Organisation, Salisbury, SA, 5108
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10.1080/09500349114551081
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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Interesting phenomena are predicted to occur in the near field of a thin nonlinearly-refracting medium placed at the waist of a focused laser beam. Near-field diffraction is associated with nonlinear focal shifts. The addition of a second lens at the far field enables one to observe a compression of the entire irradiance profile near the image plane of the medium.
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