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Self-focusing threshold of a beam of laser radiation in rubidium vapor
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Саутенков В.А., Шнейдер М.Н., Саакян С.А., Вильшанская Е.В., Мурашкин Д.А., Зеленер Б.Б., Зеленер Б.В. Порог самофокусировки пучка лазерного излучения в парах рубидия // Оптический журнал. 2016. Т. 83. № 11. С. 27–30.
Sautenkov V.A., Shneider M.N., Saakyan S.A., Vilshanskaya E.V., Murashkin D.A., Zelener B.B., Zelener B.V. Self-focusing threshold of a beam of laser radiation in rubidium vapor [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2016. V. 83. № 11. P. 27–30.
V. A. Sautenkov, M. N. Shneĭder, S. A. Saakyan, E. V. Vil’shanskaya, D. A. Murashkin, B. B. Zelener, and B. V. Zelener, "Self-focusing threshold of a beam of laser radiation in rubidium vapor," Journal of Optical Technology. 83(11), 667-669 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.83.000667
This paper describes the self-focusing of laser radiation in atomic rubidium vapor close to the 5S1/2–5P3/2 resonance transition (780 nm). The self-focusing threshold power is measured at various transverse beam sizes of the laser radiation at the input of a cell with rubidium vapor. An increase of the self-focusing threshold power was observed at small beam diameters of the laser radiation. The results of the measurements were compared with the data of theoretical studies.
laser radiation, self-focusing, atomic vapor, rubidium
Acknowledgements:The research was supported by the President of the Russian Federation (MK-4092.2014.2; HSh6614.2014.2); Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) (14-02-00828); Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS).
The authors are grateful to V. V. Semak, Virtual Laser Application Design, LLC, USA, and M. A. Gubin, P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, for useful discussions.
OCIS codes: 190.0190, 260.5950, 300.6210
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