Digital Computer Simulation Programs for Electrostrictive Laser Beam Trapping,
Abstract
A package of computer programs for simulating electrostrictive laser beam trapping is documented. Experimentally a sufficiently powerful laser pulse can focus itself into a long, thin filament by electrostrictively compressing experimental conditions and three discretization parameters. The output is a printed computer movie showing the beam propagation trajectory at selected intervals during the laser pulse, and a graph of peak achieved intensity along the beam axis. The movie may also be plotted. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1971
- Accession Number
- AD0737384
Entities
People
- Edwin L. Kerr