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Thermal defocusing of intense hollow Gaussian laser beams in atmosphere

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 June 2013

Ashutosh Sharma ,
Mahendra Singh Sodha ,
Shikha Misra  and
S.K. Mishra
Ashutosh Sharma
Affiliation:
Department of Education Building, Lucknow University, Lucknow, India
Mahendra Singh Sodha*
Affiliation:
Department of Education Building, Lucknow University, Lucknow, India
Shikha Misra
Affiliation:
Centre of Energy Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India
S.K. Mishra
Affiliation:
Institute for Plasma Research (IPR), BHAT, Gandhinagar, India
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Mahendra Singh Sodha, Department of Education Building, Lucknow University, Lucknow – 226 007, India. E-mail: msodha@rediffmail.com
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Abstract

In this paper, the authors have presented a paraxial theory for propagation of (1) Gaussian (2) dark hollow Gaussian high power laser beams in the atmosphere, considering the nonlinearity arising from the temperature variation along the wave-front. Specifically, the focusing parameter for both beams has been evaluated as a function of distance and initial beam power and width (corresponding to radiation of wavelengths 1.045 µ, 1.625 µ, and 2.141 µ in the water absorption window) for the maritime, desert, rural, and urban environments as modeled at NRL; the results have been presented in the dimensionless form. It is seen that in all four environments a dark hollow beam defocuses less than the corresponding Gaussian beam of same radius and power. It is suggested that this conclusion based on the paraxial theory be verified by numerical simulation.

Keywords

AtmosphereParaxial approachThermal defocusing
Type
Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 31 , Issue 3 , September 2013 , pp. 403 - 410
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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