Three-dimensional analysis of the power transfer between crossed laser beams

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作者
McKinstrie, CJ [1 ]
Kanaev, AV
Tikhonchuk, VT
Giacone, RE
Vu, HX
机构
[1] Univ Rochester, Dept Mech Engn, Rochester, NY 14627 USA
[2] Univ Rochester, Laser Energet Lab, Rochester, NY 14623 USA
[3] PN Lebedev Phys Inst, Moscow 117924, Russia
[4] Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
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10.1063/1.872645
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O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
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070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
The power transfer between crossed laser beams made possible by an ion-acoustic wave is studied. The power transfer between beams with Gaussian intensity profiles shifts the beam centroids. and alters the beam directions and focal lengths. The power transfer between beams with hot spots in their intensity profiles depends sensitively on whether the associated beam filaments intersect. (C) 1998 American Institute of Physics.
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