Beam splitting and bouncing in nonlinear optical systems

Massimo Brambilla; F. Prati; Reto Holzner; Brigitte Roehricht; Patrik Eschle; Stefan Dangel; Ernst Brun; A. W. McCord

doi:10.1117/12.183165

10 August 1994 Beam splitting and bouncing in nonlinear optical systems

Massimo Brambilla, F. Prati, Reto Holzner, Brigitte Roehricht, Patrik Eschle, Stefan Dangel, Ernst Brun, A. W. McCord

Proceedings Volume 2097, Laser Applications; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.183165
Event: Laser Optics, 1993, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

Abstract

In recent experiments we have observed the predicted mutual deflection of two circularly polarized laser beams intersecting at a small angle. In a similar experimental setup but with entirely superimposed beams at the entrance of a Sodium vapor cell, a spatial instability of the propagating laser beams within the cell occurs which leads to a sudden transverse `splitting' of the input beams into beams of pure circular polarization. We compare the experimental results to the predictions obtained from a theoretical approach based on the modal decomposition of the coherent fields.

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Massimo Brambilla, F. Prati, Reto Holzner, Brigitte Roehricht, Patrik Eschle, Stefan Dangel, Ernst Brun, and A. W. McCord "Beam splitting and bouncing in nonlinear optical systems", Proc. SPIE 2097, Laser Applications, (10 August 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.183165

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