• DocumentCode
    412187
  • Title

    Propagation of self-focusing laser pulses in atmosphere: experiment versus numerical simulation

  • Author

    Pitts, T.A. ; Luk, T.S. ; McPherson, A. ; Cameron, S.M. ; Bernstein, A.C.

  • Author_Institution
    Sandia Nat. Labs., Albuquerque, NM, USA
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    6-6 June 2003
  • Abstract
    Numerical simulations of self-focusing laser pulses in atmosphere obtained via the slowly evolving wave approximation are compared with experimental results. The model includes group velocity and third order dispersion as well as instantaneous Kerr and delayed Raman nonlinearities. The magnitude of n/sub 2/ is inferred.
  • Keywords
    atmospheric light propagation; high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; numerical analysis; optical Kerr effect; Kerr nonlinearities; delayed Raman nonlinearities; group velocity; numerical simulations; self-focusing atmospheric laser propagation; slowly evolving wave approximation; third order dispersion; Atmosphere; Atmospheric modeling; Delay; Dispersion; Numerical simulation; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Optimized production technology; Pulse measurements; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-748-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1298337