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A miracle happening to a laser beam in a soap film
A. V. Startsev, Yu. Yu. Stoilov P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
Abstract:
When a 10 μW – 3 W laser beam (for example, at 632.8 nm) is focused into a usual soap film of thickness between 10 nm and 10 μm from the side or through a defect on the film surface, the self-channeling of the beam propagating in the film is observed. The beam also exhibits self-branching into submicron filaments, the so-called whiskers of length several tens of centimetres. The results of experiments on the dynamics of behaviour of these whiskers in a soap film, their polariton nature, and possible applications are discussed.
Received: 24.03.2003
Citation:
A. V. Startsev, Yu. Yu. Stoilov, “A miracle happening to a laser beam in a soap film”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 33:5 (2003), 380–382 [Quantum Electron., 33:5 (2003), 380–382]
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https://www.mathnet.ru/eng/qe2422 https://www.mathnet.ru/eng/qe/v33/i5/p380
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