Continuous wave high-power laser propagation in water is affected by strong thermal lensing and thermal blooming already at short distances

Abstract When laser beams propagate through media with non-vanishing absorption, the media is heated resulting in a change of the refractive index, which can lead to thermal lensing and thermal blooming. However, experimental details about both phenomena for propagations in water are lacking, especi...

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Main Authors: Stefan Reich, Sebastian Schäffer, Martin Lueck, Matthias Wickert, Jens Osterholz
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/408e68532439415cb1360871d11c50fe
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