SELF-FOCUSING THRESHOLD IN NORMALLY DISPERSIVE MEDIA

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作者
LUTHER, GG
MOLONEY, JV
NEWELL, AC
WRIGHT, EM
机构
[1] UNIV ARIZONA, DEPT MATH, ARIZONA CTR MATH SCI, TUCSON, AZ 85721 USA
[2] UNIV ARIZONA, CTR OPT SCI, TUCSON, AZ 85721 USA
[3] UNIV ARIZONA, DEPT PHYS, TUCSON, AZ 85721 USA
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10.1364/OL.19.000862
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
The threshold at which self-focusing initially dominates the dynamics of short-pulse propagation in normally dispersive bulk media, causing an explosive increase in peak intensity, is estimated analytically and verified numerically. Intensity-dependent propagation effects such as spectral broadening also occur explosively at this threshold.
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