Quantum beam collapse in a self-focusing medium

Ewan M. Wright

doi:10.1016/0375-9601(92)90039-O

Quantum beam collapse in a self-focusing medium

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A qualitative theory of quantum beam collapse is given for an input coherent state whose mean power equals the critical power for self-focusing. The probability for beam collapse is shown to be 0.5, and the probability density for the axial position of the self-focusing singularity is derived.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	217-220
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physics Letters A
Volume	165
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0375-9601(92)90039-O
State	Published - May 18 1992

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