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Mechanism of self-focusing of laser pulses on dynamic lenses in transparent media

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We propose the physical and mathematical models for the mechanism explaining the reduction in experimental breakdown thresholds of optical materials by self-focusing of radiation on dynamic irregularities of the refractive index (dynamic lenses) as compared to avalanche ionization and multiphoton absorption predicted by theories.

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Original Russian Text © S.V. Gribin, B.I. Spesivtsev, 2012, published in Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, 2012, Vol. 82, No. 5, pp. 71–77.

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Gribin, S.V., Spesivtsev, B.I. Mechanism of self-focusing of laser pulses on dynamic lenses in transparent media. Tech. Phys. 57, 649–656 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063784212050143

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