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Soviet Journal of Quantum Electronics

Kinetics of dynamic self-diffraction of light beams in bulk media with local response

V. L. Vinetskiĭ, Nikolai V. Kukhtarev, T. I. Semenets

Published Jan 31, 1981• 6 citations
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Abstract

A study is made of the kinetics of transformation of the energy of light beams in dynamic self-diffraction in media with a local response. It is shown that quasisteady solutions can be obtained for large phase advances. The results of numerical and analytic calculations are compared with the available experimental data.
DOI
10.1070/qe1981v011n01abeh005389

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