SEDL / STP / STP469-EB / STP48617S

Self-Focusing in Glass

Quelle, Fred W.
Solid State Physicist, Office of Naval Research, Boston, Mass.

Pages: 7    Published: Jan 1969

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Abstract

Filamentary damage tracks characteristic of self focusing or beam trapping have been observed in laser glass subjected to unfocused intense Q-spoiled laser beams. Two possible mechanisms for the generation of trapped filaments of intense radiation are examined and conditions appropriate for their generation are deliniated.