Collapse of incoherent light beams in inertial bulk kerr media

Ole Bang; Darran Edmundson; Wieslaw Królikowski

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.5479

Collapse of incoherent light beams in inertial bulk kerr media

Ole Bang, Darran Edmundson, Wieslaw Królikowski

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We use the coherent density function theory to show that partially coherent beams are unstable and may collapse in inertial bulk Kerr media. The threshold power for collapse, and its dependence on the degree of coherence, is found analytically and checked numerically. The internal dynamics of the walk-off modes is illustrated for collapsing and diffracting partially coherent beams.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5479-5482
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	83
Issue number	26
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.5479
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 1999

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