Asymptotic variational approach to study light propagation in a nonlocal nonlinear medium

Abstract

We propose and demonstrate analytically, within the framework of a hydrodynamic model, a novel and simpler variational approach to study the asymptotic behavior of a continuous wave (cw) laser beam propagating in a nonlinear nonlocal medium.

Keywords

• Variational approach
• Nonlocal
• Nonlinear, optics
• Asymptotics
• Euler equations