Coaxial Self-Trapping of White and Gray Regions of an Incandescent Field: A Bright Core with a Dark Cladding

Figure 3

Temporal plots of width and relative intensity of the white core (a, b) and gray ring (c, d) of the self-trapped hybrid beam. Dotted lines indicate initial widths of ring and core could not be determined due to the significant divergence of the incandescent beam. Vertical dotted lines are provided as guides to the eye to compare time scales between the different plots.