Light self-focusing in the atmosphere: Thin window model
Abstract
Ultra-high power (exceeding the self-focusing threshold by more than three orders of magnitude) light beams from ground-based laser systems may find applications in space-debris cleaning. The propagation of such powerful laser beams through the atmosphere reveals many novel interesting features compared to traditional light self-focusing. It is demonstrated here that for the relevant laser parameters, when the thickness of the atmosphere is much shorter than the focusing length (that is, of the orbit scale), the beam transit through the atmosphere in lowest order produces phase distortion only. This means that by using adaptive optics it may be possible to eliminate the impact of self-focusing in the atmosphere on the laser beam. Furthermore, the area of applicability of the proposed “thin window” model is broader than the specific physical problem considered here. For instance, it might find applications in femtosecond laser material processing.
- Authors:
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- Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Novosibirsk (Russia)
- Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Novosibirsk (Russia); Novosibirsk State Univ., Novosibirsk (Russia)
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Novosibirsk State Univ., Novosibirsk (Russia); Aston Univ., Birmingham (United Kingdom)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1297640
- Report Number(s):
- LLNL-JRNL-679896
Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-07NA27344
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Scientific Reports
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING; 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; laser; self-focusing; space debris
Citation Formats
Vaseva, Irina A., Fedoruk, Mikhail P., Rubenchik, Alexander M., and Turitsyn, Sergei K. Light self-focusing in the atmosphere: Thin window model. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1038/srep30697.
Vaseva, Irina A., Fedoruk, Mikhail P., Rubenchik, Alexander M., & Turitsyn, Sergei K. Light self-focusing in the atmosphere: Thin window model. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep30697
Vaseva, Irina A., Fedoruk, Mikhail P., Rubenchik, Alexander M., and Turitsyn, Sergei K. Tue .
"Light self-focusing in the atmosphere: Thin window model". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep30697. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1297640.
@article{osti_1297640,
title = {Light self-focusing in the atmosphere: Thin window model},
author = {Vaseva, Irina A. and Fedoruk, Mikhail P. and Rubenchik, Alexander M. and Turitsyn, Sergei K.},
abstractNote = {Ultra-high power (exceeding the self-focusing threshold by more than three orders of magnitude) light beams from ground-based laser systems may find applications in space-debris cleaning. The propagation of such powerful laser beams through the atmosphere reveals many novel interesting features compared to traditional light self-focusing. It is demonstrated here that for the relevant laser parameters, when the thickness of the atmosphere is much shorter than the focusing length (that is, of the orbit scale), the beam transit through the atmosphere in lowest order produces phase distortion only. This means that by using adaptive optics it may be possible to eliminate the impact of self-focusing in the atmosphere on the laser beam. Furthermore, the area of applicability of the proposed “thin window” model is broader than the specific physical problem considered here. For instance, it might find applications in femtosecond laser material processing.},
doi = {10.1038/srep30697},
journal = {Scientific Reports},
number = ,
volume = 6,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Aug 02 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Tue Aug 02 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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