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Beams in radial and Cartesian geometries, a self-focusing diagnostic, a line beam uniform in one direction, a planar guide resolved across its width, a weak band calibrated under the low-storage march, a four-wave-mixing delay scan run through one backend with statistics-only planes, far-field spectra collected through apertures in a mask plane, and a beam prepared by Kerr self-focusing in a gas gap and coupled into a capillary.

For the full filament and crossing-beam lessons, begin with the Introduction.

Radial diffraction and a separate self-focusing diagnostic

Radial diffraction and a separate self-focusing diagnostic

A Cartesian beam in argon

A Cartesian beam in argon

A line beam: diffraction and the (1+1)-D Kerr soliton

A line beam: diffraction and the (1+1)-D Kerr soliton

A planar guide resolved in y

A planar guide resolved in y

Calibrating a weak band with the low-storage march

Calibrating a weak band with the low-storage march

A four-wave-mixing delay scan through one backend

A four-wave-mixing delay scan through one backend

Far-field spectra through apertures

Far-field spectra through apertures

Nonlinear beam preparation and coupling into a capillary

Nonlinear beam preparation and coupling into a capillary