Theoretical investigation on the propagation characteristics of a new class of laser beams known as multi Gaussian (M.G) laser beams has been presented. To investigate the linear characteristics, propagation of the laser beam in vacuum has been considered. Whereas, the nonlinear characteristics have been investigated in plasmas. Optical nonlinearity of the plasma has been modeled by relativistic mass nonlinearity of the plasma electrons in the field of laser beam. Formulation is based on finding the semi analytical solution of the wave equation for the slowly varying envelope of the laser beam. Particularly, the dynamical evolutions of the beam width and longitudinal phase of the laser beam have been investigated in detail.
Naveen Gupta and Sandeep Kumar Linear and nonlinear propagation characteristics of multi-Gaussian laser beams 2020 Chin. Phys. B 29 114210
Fig. 1.
3D intensity profile of the M.G laser beam for (a) x0/r0 = 0, (b) x0/r0 = 0.50 (c) x0/r0 = 1, (d) x0/r0 = 1.50, and (e) x0/r0 = 1.75.
Fig. 2.
Variation of the ration Σ(0) of the r.m.s beam widths of an input M.G beam to that of a Gaussian beam with x0/r0.
Fig. 3.
Variation of beam width parameter f against the distance of propagation for different values of x0/r0 viz., x0/r0 = 0, 1.50, and 1.80 in the absence of nonlinear refraction.
Fig. 4.
Variarion of beam width parameter f with dimensionless distance of propagation ξ for different values of x0/r0 viz., x0/r0 = 0, 0.75, and 1.50.
Fig. 5.
Variarion of beam width parameter f with dimensionless distance of propagation ξ for different values of x0/r0 viz., x0/r0 = 1.60, 1.70, and 1.80.
Fig. 6.
Phase space plots for self-focused M.G laser beam for different values of x0/r0 viz., x0/r0 = 0, 0.75, and 1.50.
Fig. 7.
Phase space plots for self-focused M.G laser beam for different values of x0/r0 viz., x0/r0 = 1.60, 1.70, and 1.80.
Fig. 8.
Variation of potential function for self-focused M.G laser beam for different values of x0/r0 viz., x0/r0 = 0, 0.75, and 1.50.
Fig. 9.
Variation of potential function for self-focused M.G laser beam for different values of x0/r0 viz., x0/r0 = 1.60, 1.70, and 1.80.
Fig. 10.
Variation of equilibrium beam width re against the normalized intensity for different values of x0/r0 viz., x0/r0 = 0, 0.75, and 1.50.
Fig. 11.
Variation of equilibrium beam width re against the normalized intensity for different values of x0/r0 viz., x0/r0 = 1.60, 1.70, and 1.80.
Fig. 12.
Variation of angular momentum l of M.G beam in (f,θf) plane with x0/r0
Fig. 13.
Variation of the ratio ΣK(0) of the r.m.s beam widths of an input M.G beam to that of a Gaussian beam with x0/r0
Fig. 14.
Variarion of longitudinal phase θp with dimensionless distance of propagation ξ for different values of x0/r0 viz., x0/r0 = 0, 0.75, and 1.50.
Fig. 15.
Variarion of longitudinal phase θp with dimensionless distance of propagation ξ for different values of x0/r0 viz., x0/r0 = 1.60, 1.70, and 1.80.
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