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Nonlinear optical catastrophe from a smooth initial beam

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Abstract

We observed an optical cusp diffraction catastrophe with an initially smooth but elongated Gaussian beam with an aspect ratio of 2:1. Nonlinear and linear diffraction regimes account for the near-field elliptical annulus and the far-field spatially complex astroid.

© 1999 Optical Society of America

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