Abstract:
An analysis is made of the combined effects of random inhomogeneities of the medium and thermal nonlinearity on the spatial coherence of an optical beam. It is shown that a thermal defocusing lens increases the spatial coherence radius of the field.
Citation:
M. S. Belen'kii, A. A. Zemlyanov, “Effect of thermal nonlinearity on the spatial coherence of a laser beam in a randomly inhomogeneous medium”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 6:4 (1979), 853–855 [Sov J Quantum Electron, 9:4 (1979), 506–508]
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This publication is cited in the following 1 articles:
V.V. Vorob'ev, Progress in Quantum Electronics, 15:1-2 (1991), 1