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OPTICS EXPRESS
Volume 23, Issue 24, Pages 31120-31125Publisher
OPTICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1364/OE.23.031120
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- National Science Foundation (NSF) [DMS-1412140, ACI-1053575]
- Division Of Mathematical Sciences
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [1412140] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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We model combining of multiple laser beams into a single near diffraction-limited beam by beam self-focusing (collapse) in a Kerr medium. The beams with the total power above critical are combined in the near field and then propagated in the Kerr medium. Nonlinearity results in self-focusing event, combining multiple beams into nearly a diffraction-limited beam that carries the critical power. Beam quality of the combined beam is analyzed as a function of the number of combining beams and the level of random fluctuations of the combining beams phases. (c) 2015 Optical Society of America
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