dorsal/arxiv
View SchemaEffect of a thin optical Kerr medium on a Laguerre-Gaussian beam
| Authors | Weiya Zhang, Mark G. Kuzyk |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0605091 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0605091 |
| DOI | 10.1063/1.2345588 |
| Journal | Applied Physics Letter 89, 101103 (2006) |
Abstract
Using a generalized Gaussian beam decomposition method we determine the propagation of a Laguerre-Gaussian beam that has passed through a thin nonlinear optical Kerr medium. The orbital angular momentum per photon of the beam is found to be conserved while the component beams change. As an illustration of applications, we propose and demonstrate a z-scan experiment using an $LG_0^1$ beam and a dye-doped polymer film.
{
"annotation_id": "1f90fe6d-8ad7-409b-816b-d44180f2d373",
"date_created": "2026-03-02T18:01:07.209000Z",
"date_modified": "2026-03-02T18:01:07.209000Z",
"file_hash": "2b535c001b2124d44413d24b3e97e688574538b9eb769c0c2bb610c1eb517806",
"private": false,
"record": {
"abstract": "Using a generalized Gaussian beam decomposition method we determine the\npropagation of a Laguerre-Gaussian beam that has passed through a thin\nnonlinear optical Kerr medium. The orbital angular momentum per photon of the\nbeam is found to be conserved while the component beams change. As an\nillustration of applications, we propose and demonstrate a z-scan experiment\nusing an $LG_0^1$ beam and a dye-doped polymer film.",
"arxiv_id": "physics/0605091",
"authors": [
"Weiya Zhang",
"Mark G. Kuzyk"
],
"categories": [
"physics.optics"
],
"doi": "10.1063/1.2345588",
"journal_ref": "Applied Physics Letter 89, 101103 (2006)",
"title": "Effect of a thin optical Kerr medium on a Laguerre-Gaussian beam",
"url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0605091"
},
"schema_id": "dorsal/arxiv",
"source": {
"execution_id": "33f9ff34-0a7f-454b-bb46-b9d729c56c32",
"id": "arXiv Dataset IDs",
"type": "Model",
"variant": "snapshot-2026-03-01",
"version": "0.1.0"
},
"user_id": 1000002
}