Role of diffusive, photovoltaic, and thermal effects in beam fanning in linbo3

Jaw Jueh Liu, Partha P. Banerjee, Q. Wang Song

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Abstract

We analyze the steady-state (Gaussian) beam fanning in LiNbO3 from the nonlinearly coupled Kukhtarev equations by including both diffusive and photovoltaic effects and by adding the thermal effect in the calculation. There is good agreement between theory and experiment. The results show a symmetric beamfanning pattern whose size depends on the beam waist and the power. Possible applications of our results in nondestructive testing of material parameters and optical limiting are discussed.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1688-1693
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics
Volume11
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1994
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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