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SELF-FOCUSING AND DIFFRACTION OF LIGHT IN A NONLINEAR MEDIUM

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© 1968 American Institute of Physics
, , Citation S A Akhmanov et al 1968 Sov. Phys. Usp. 10 609 DOI 10.1070/PU1968v010n05ABEH005849

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Abstract

CONTENTS 1. Introduction 609 2. Geometrical Optics of a Nonlinear Medium (Equations, Focal Points, Nonlinear Aberrations, Nonstationary Processes) 617 3. Wave Optics of a Nonlinear Medium (Diffraction Corrections to the Self-focusing Length, Formation of Proper Optical Waveguide, Nonstationary Processes) 624 4. Nonlinear Optical Effects in the Field of Self-focusing Beams (Stimulated Scattering in Liquids, Experimental Data, Self-focusing and Parametric Amplification) 629 5. Conclusion (Unsolved Problems, Diffraction in Nonlinear Interactions) 632 Cited Literature 634

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