Nonlinear combining of multiple laser beams in Kerr medium
Pattern Formation and Solitons
2016-06-30 v1
Abstract
We consider combining of multiple laser beams into a single near diffraction-limited beam by beam self-focusing (collapse) in a Kerr medium. The beams with the total power above critical are combined in the near field and then propagated in the Kerr medium. Nonlinearity results in self-focusing event, combining multiple beams into nearly a diffraction-limited beam that carries the critical power. Beam quality of the combined beam is analyzed as a function of the number of combining beams and the level of random fluctuations of the combining beams phases.
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@article{arxiv.1510.02461,
title = {Nonlinear combining of multiple laser beams in Kerr medium},
author = {Pavel M. Lushnikov and Natalia Vladimirova},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.02461},
year = {2016}
}
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