Title :
Interaction of optical beams in medium possessing thermal nonlinearity
Author :
Knyazev, G.A. ; Sukhorukov, A.P.
Author_Institution :
M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State Univ., Moscow, Russia
Abstract :
An experimental study of nonlinear interaction of crossed optical beams in an absorbing defocusing medium is presented. The experiments demonstrate the effects of nonlinear reflection and diffraction of the signal wave on the pump beam.
Keywords :
laser beams; light diffraction; light reflection; nonlinear optics; optical focusing; optical pumping; absorbing defocusing medium; crossed optical beams; medium possessing thermal nonlinearity; nonlinear diffraction; nonlinear interaction; nonlinear reflection; pump beam; signal wave; Laser beams; Nonlinear optics; Optical diffraction; Optical pumping; Optical reflection; Optical refraction; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Nonlinear Photonics (NLP), 2011 International Workshop
Conference_Location :
Kharkov
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0477-2
DOI :
10.1109/NLP.2011.6102673
