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Nonlinear diffraction and total internal reflection in optical-beam interaction in defocusing media

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We elaborate the theory of reflection of an optical signal beam from an inhomogeneous channel created by a high-power laser beam of different frequency in a nonlinear defocusing medium. We study the effects of total internal reflection and nonlinear diffraction in the interaction of these beams. We derive and analyze the equation for the trajectory of the reflected signal beam and obtain the expression for the critical value of beam-intersection angle below which the total internal reflection occurs. We discuss the results of numerical modeling of nonlinear Schr¨odinger equations for envelopes of the beams in media with quadratic, photorefractive, and thermal nonlinearities. We present experimental data on the interaction of beams of argon and helium–neon lasers in a cuvette with tinted alcohol.

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  1. Faculty of Physics, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Vorob’evy Gory, Moscow, 119992, Russia

    A. P. Sukhorukov, V. E. Lobanov & A. A. Kalinovich

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Sukhorukov, A.P., Lobanov, V.E. & Kalinovich, A.A. Nonlinear diffraction and total internal reflection in optical-beam interaction in defocusing media. J Russ Laser Res 31, 1–11 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10946-010-9119-5

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