Self-focusing in potassium vapor under two-photon resonant excitation
Bakhramov S.A., Gulyamoy U.G. , Drabovich K.N. , Faizullaev Ya. Z.
Self-focusing of laser radiation was observed for the first time in two-photon resonance with 4s—4d 4s— 6 s transitions in potassium vapor. The critical self-focusing intensities were measured. The experimental data agree well with the theoretical ones.