Modeling of nonlinear combining of multiple laser beams in Kerr medium
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.
- Publication:
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Optics Express
- Pub Date:
- November 2015
- DOI:
- 10.1364/OE.23.031120
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1510.02461
- Bibcode:
- 2015OExpr..2331120L
- Keywords:
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- Nonlinear Sciences - Pattern Formation and Solitons
- E-Print:
- 6 pages 1 figure