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Homework Statement



I have been given this problem but I don't think I'm doing it right as I have just disregarded n0?

Calculate the maximum length of material (nonlinear refractive index n2=2.5×10-19 cm2W-1) that can be traversed if the total accumulated phase difference between the beam centre (Intensity I =1×1011Wcm-2 , wavelength λ=1053nm) and the beam edge (I=0) is to be less than 2 rad.

Homework Equations


n = n0 + n2I

2πnL/λ = nkL

Φ(x) = n k L(x)

The Attempt at a Solution



I just combined the equations to get Φ = 2π/λ * (n0 + n2I)L

and put the numbers in but let n0 equal 1

So my answer was L = 3.35x10-7cm

I don't even know if I've used the right equations so help would be much appreciated
 
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What is the expression for the phase difference between the beam center and beam edge at any distance?
 
blue_leaf77 said:
What is the expression for the phase difference between the beam center and beam edge at any distance?

I think you mean the B integral?

B = ∫n2I(z)dz
 
Not exactly, although you can still get the sense of what I meant out of the B integral.
Just the expression of the difference between phases in two different locations across the beam's cross-section (fixed distance) which is needed to answer your question, so that you indeed are not required to know n0.
 

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