Abstract
Gaussian decomposition is used as a theoretical infrastructure with which Z-scan experiments are analyzed. This procedure is extended here to the interesting, from a practical point of view, case in which the laser beam used is not perfectly Gaussian. We follow a perturbative approach to obtain the far-field pattern of the beam after the beam passes through a nonlinear sample. The procedure is based on the decomposition of the electric field at the exit plane of the sample to a linear combination of Hermite–Gaussian functions. To a first-order approximation, each mode of the incident beam is decomposed to a linear combination of different-order modes that do not exceed the order of the original mode. Finally, the effects of the simultaneous presence of first and higher-order refractive nonlinearities or first-order refractive nonlinearity and nonlinear absorption are studied.
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