Electrostrictive Self-Trapping of Picosecond Laser Pulse Trains,

Abstract

A nanosecond-long train of picosecond laser pulses theoretically can produce self-focusing and trapping by electrostriction, even though the trapping threshold for a single picosecond pulse is very high. The relative roles of electrostriction and various types of Kerr effect in picosecond pulse train trapping should be assessed. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0726522

Entities

People

  • Edwin L. Kerr

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Electrostriction
  • Kerr Effects
  • Laser Pulses
  • Nanosecond Time
  • Optical Phenomena
  • Picosecond Time
  • Time

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy